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| | Mitanni - Art History Online Reference and Guide |
 | | The Mitanni (also, more correctly, Mittani) was the name of the Hurrian population in West Asia in the second millennium BC, around the Khabur River in upper Mesopotamia, and, most notably, to a ruling dynasty of maybe Indo-Aryan origin who dominated that population during the 15th and 14th centuries BC. |
 | | Assyria, previously under Mitanni control, was able to assert its independence during the reigns of Ashuruballit I and Mattivaza, in approximately 1330 BC. |
 | | The Mitanni appear to have been renowned in the Hittite Empire for their horsemanship, and surviving Hittite texts on horse-training and chariotry are attributed to one Kikkuli the Mitanni. |
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