Mitanni
State · 1,500–1,241 BCE · at its largest around 1,500 BCE
Hurrian-speaking kingdom of northern Syria and upper Mesopotamia with its capital at Washukanni, a rival of Egypt and the Hittites until it fell to Hittite and Assyrian pressure.
On its lands while it lasted
- Assur (2,500–609 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE), Neo-Assyrian Empire (900 BCE–609 BCE).
- Carchemish (1,901–901 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
- Nimrud (c. 1,800–612 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
- Nineveh (c. 1,800–612 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
- Dur-Sharrukin (c. 1,800–605 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
- Tell Leilan (c. 1,800–901 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
- Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (c. 1,800–901 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
- Tell el Fakhariya (c. 1,500–1,260 BCE): Capital of Mitanni (1500 BCE–1260 BCE).
- Battle of Kadesh (1,274 BCE): Ramesses II fought the Hittite army of Muwatalli II near Kadesh on the Orontes, possibly the largest chariot battle ever fought; it ended without a decisive result.
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