Suhu
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Suhu were a people living in Mesopotamia
in the 6th century BCE, during the time of Nabopolassar
. They were associated with the Assyrian empire, but were overrun by Nabopolassar when he conquered the Assyrians.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...
in the 6th century BCE, during the time of Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar was the king of the Babylonia and played a key role in the demise of the Assyrian Empire following the death of the last powerful Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal...
. They were associated with the Assyrian empire, but were overrun by Nabopolassar when he conquered the Assyrians.
Sources
- Mesopotamian Chronicles. By Jean-Jacques Glassner, Benjamin R. Foster. English translation of Glassner's Chroniques Mesopotamiennes (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1993). http://books.google.com/
- A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975).