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Kassite

American  
[kas-ahyt] / ˈkæs aɪt /
Or Cassite

noun

  1. a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.


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Like the Guti and the Amorites before them, over time, the Kassite rulers adopted the culture of their Mesopotamian subjects.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Was I molded and cast by a Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hurrian, Hyksos, Elamite, or by some barbaric genius of the Caucasus?

From Time Magazine Archive

It grew independent during the latter period of the Kassite dynasty, and its kings formed compacts with the Kassites.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

The Hittite-Mitanni raid is dated about 1800 B.C., and the rise of Gandash, the Kassite, about 1700 B.C.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Flushed with his success, the Kassite king invaded Assyria when Adad-nirari I died and his son Arik-den-ilu came to the throne.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander