Nuzi
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| Ancient Mesopotamia |
|---|
| Euphrates – Tigris |
| Assyriology |
| Cities / empires |
| Sumer: Uruk – Ur – Eridu |
| Kish – Lagash – Nippur |
| Akkadian Empire: Akkad |
| Babylon – Isin – Susa |
| Assyria: Assur – Nineveh |
| Nuzi – Nimrud |
| Babylonia – Chaldea – |
| Elam – Amorites |
| Hurrians – Mitanni – Kassites – Urartu |
| Chronology |
| Kings of Sumer |
| Kings of Assyria |
| Kings of Babylon |
| Language |
| Cuneiform script |
| Sumerian – Akkadian |
| Elamite – Hurrian |
| Mythology |
| Enûma Elish |
| Gilgamesh – Marduk |
| Nibiru |
Nuzi was an ancient city southwest of Kirkuk in modern Iraq, located near the Tigris river. It was founded by the Hurrians around 1500 BC. From about 1500 to 1350 BC Nuzi was located on the outskirts of the Kingdom of Mitannia, a major power in northern Mesopotamia, before being absorbed into the Assyrian Empire. Excavations in the 1920s unearthed Nuzi and, crucially, its archives of thousands of clay tablets inscribed with Akkadian cuneiform script. These provided invaluable insights into the legal, commercial and military activities of the city. They also shed light on the culture of the ancient Near East, including early versions of the stories of the Biblical characters Laban and Jacob.
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