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Washshukanni (lost settlement) |
Note: Capital of the ancient Mitanni kingdom, ca. 1500 BCE-ca. 1340 BCE. The name is derived from a Sanskrit phrase meaning "a mine of wealth." Its precise location is unknown, but it is widely believed to have been located at the head of the Khabur river or on one of its tributaries in northern Mesopotamia. Some scholars contend that it later became known as the ancient city of Sikan, which exists today at the unexcavated site of Tell Fekheriyeh near Gozan in Syria, east of the Euphrates river. For many years Washshukanni was the center of a powerful threat to the Hittite empire, but it was finally plundered ca. 1355 by the Hittites under Suppiluliumas I, who made a new vassal kingdom of Mitanni. After the death of Suppiluliumas (ca. 1336), Washshukanni was unable to resist the Assyrians and it was soon incorporated into the Assyrian kingdom. |
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(World, Asia, Syria, Al Ḩasakah) [7030376] |
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