At its height, the Mitanni kingdom controlled trade routes down the Habur to Mari and up the Euphrates to Carchemish. They also controlled the upper Tigris and its headwater… See more

Little is known of the early kings of Mitanni owing to the later destruction of the culture … See more

The daughter of King Tushratta, the princess Taduhepa (also given as Tadukhipa), was arranged in marriage to Amenhotep III as part of a treaty that further balanced p… See more

Suppiluliuma I divided the former kingdom into two provinces with their capitals at Aleppo and Carchemish. The remainder of the region kept some degree of autonomy, though still … See more

Afterwards, Mitanni was forgotten as a political entity until archaeological excavation of the region in the modern day and the discovery of the Amarna Letters in 1887. Thes… See more