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The Ancient Near East c. 1500-1300 BCE
A map illustrating the aftermath of the 15th century BCE ruinous campaigns by the Old Hittite Empire that led to the emergence of new powerful entities in the ancient Near East - the Middle Babylonian Kingdom of the Kassites, the Mitanni kingdom of the Hurrians, the Middle Hittite Kingdom and the Kingdom of Elam. Meanwhile, the Egyptian New Kingdom succeeded in extending its dominance as far as the southern Levant.