Introduction to Mittani

Welcome back. This week, we can see Egypt are a phenomenal power in the ancient Near East, with some fantastic pharaohs exerting their authority into Syria-Palestine. But we’ve also seen so far that there are other superpowers interested in this area. And this week, we’re going to look from one of their point of views. It’s Mitanni, whom we met before briefly last week. They’re a superpower as well, based in northern Syria. And what we see for the first time is international correspondence. That’s why this period’s so important. We can see how Egypt and their enemies, Mitanni, are corresponding with each other over these Syria-Palestinian lands.