Naharin, MdC

Manuel de Codage

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 transliteration nhrn, was the Ancient Egypt

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ian term for the kingdom of Mitanni

Mitanni

Mitanni or Hanigalbat was a loosely organized Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC...

 during the New Kingdom period of the 18th Dynasty. The New Kingdom 18th dynasty was in conflict with the kingdom of Mitanni for control of the Levant

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 from the reigns of Thutmose I

Thutmose I

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,  Thutmose III

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  and Amenhotep II

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. Amenhotep II's son, Thutmose IV

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, would eventually make peace with the Mitannians. Henceforth, relations between Egypt and Naharin (Mitanni) were peaceful with much diplomatic gift giving according to the correspondence of the Amarna Letters

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. The military annals of pharaoh Thutmose III

Thutmose III

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refer to Naharin in explicit terms. In his 33rd Year, Thutmose III records:

His Majesty travelled north capturing the towns and laying waste the settlements of that foe Naharin.