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by Simeon Netchev
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The Ancient Near East, c. 1700 BCE

by Simeon Netchev
published on 18 January 2022

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A map illustrating the political situation in the Ancient Near East during the Old Assyrian period (around 1700 BCE) shortly before the rise of the Babylonian Empire of Hammurabi. It depicts the rise of Assur from an independent city-state on the Upper Tigris river, Northern Mesopotamia, into a significant regional power. It is worth noticing the emergence of several small principalities in Central Anatolia unified, around this time, by King Anitta of Kussara in what is to become the foundation of the Early Hittite Empire.

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