Hurrian

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• The tablets are inscribed in a script that is a hybrid of Akkadian, a Mesopotamian language, and Hurrian, which was probably the original language of what is today eastern Turkey and the Caucasus.

  Academic text (2007)

• And though its power waned over the centuries, it remained a sacred center during the rise of the Hurrian-speaking Mitanni Empire that dominated the region during the 14th century B.C.

  Academic text (2008)

• Did the Hurrians play a part in this nascent civilization?

  Academic text (2008)

• Only a few rural villages have held onto Yazdanism, the most ancient Kurdish religion that was probably inherited from the Hurrians.

  Academic text (2006)

• Yet despite these tantalizing hints of widespread influence, archaeological evidence of the Hurrians remained elusive.

  Academic text (2008)

• The Hurrians had a distinct pantheon of deities, led by Kumbari, the god of the underworld.

  Academic text (2008)

• Given the evidence that Urkesh was settled as early as 3500 B.C., he suggests that Hurrians may have spread across the Fertile Crescent in prehistory.

  Academic text (2008)

• The discovery of a sophisticated city with monumental architecture, plumbing, stonework, and a large population contradicts the idea that Hurrians were a roving mountain people in a strange land.

  Academic text (2008)

• Giorgio says this shape resembles sites to the north in Anatolia more than those just to the south and east in northern Mesopotamia—a sign that the Hurrians were able to incorporate ideas drawn from both regions in their architecture.

  Academic text (2008)

• The Hurrians established a thriving civilization in the ancient Near East.

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