kassite

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1. kassite - Noun

2. Kassite - Proper noun

Meaning

an ancient language spoken by the Kassites

a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC

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Founded by an Indo-Aryan ruling class that governed a predominately Hurrian population, Mitanni came to be a regional power after the Hittite destruction of Kassite Babylon created a power vacuum in Mesopotamia. Source: Internet

The Amorite dynasty of Isin persisted until c. 1600 BC, when southern Mesopotamia was united under Kassite Babylonian rule. Source: Internet

One analysis shows that the majority were, however, Hurrian (a non-Semitic-speaking group from Asia Minor who spoke a language isolate ), though there were a number of Semites and even some Kassite and Luwian adventurers amongst their number. Source: Internet

It would seem that RIMB volume 1 was supposed to have covered the Kassite Babylonian period, but I have seen nothing about the fate of this volume. Source: Internet

The Sealand Dynasty region remained independent however, and the Kassite king seems to have been unable to finally conquer it. Source: Internet

It has been asserted that Qatar was the site of the earliest known production of shellfish dye owing to a purple dye industry operated by the Kassite which existed on the island. Source: Internet

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