Ancient Near East: Late Bronze Age

lower Mesopotamia	Kassite dynasty	1595-1155 BC
upper Mesopotamia	Mitanni empire	1500 - 1300 BC
SW Iran	Middle Elamite period	1500-1100 BC
Anatolia	Hittite empire	1400 - 1200 BC

Source for dates: British Museum.

(See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

Web Resources
2nd Millennium BC. Wikipedia
2nd Millennium BC. Louvre Museum
Ancient Near East: Middle and Late Bronze Age. Wikipedia
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bronze Age Collapse. Wikipedia
Elam. Wikipedia
Enuma Elish. Tr. L. W. King
Enuma Elish. Tr. E. A. Speiser
Enuma Elish. Tr. N. K. Sandars
Explore World Cultures: The Middle East. British Museum
The Great Syrian War. Robert McRoberts
The Hittites. All About Turkey
The Hittites . Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Hittites. Wikipedia
Kingdoms of Anatolia: The Hittites. Kessler Associates

Image Links (click inside)

Ivory sphinx Anatolia, 18c	Silver rhyton Hittite, 14-13c	Ivory figurine Hittite, 14-13c	Hittite god Hittite, 14-13c	Funerary portrait Iran, 1500	Lion on wheels Elamite, 15-13c	Bronze model Elamite, 13-12c
Bronze lion Syria, 2000 BC	Seated god Syria, 1600 BC	Statue of Idrimi Mitanni, 15c	Cosmetic box Mitanni, 15c	Pottery jar Mitanni, 14c	Cylinder seal Mitanni, 1350-1250
Hunt patera Syria, 14-13c	Mistress of the animals Syria, 13c	Pendant Canaanite, 18-16c	Necklaces Canaanite, 15-13c	Coffin lid Canaanite, 13c	Goat-fish Yemen, 13-12c

[last updated: August 19, 2010]

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