Kassite

or Cas·site

[ kas-ahyt ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

The Kassites east of Babylonia were the Cosssæans of the Greeks.

From Project Gutenberg

He may have belonged to the people known as the Kassites who at the beginning of the 18th century B.C. entered Babylonia from Elam, and obtained control of the Euphrates valley.

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While the Kassite dynasty was reigning, a new kingdom arose in the north, that of Assyria.

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But a change came with the conquest of Babylonia by Kassite hordes from the mountains of Elam; the foreign kings ceased to be divine, and the title of “god” is given to them no more.

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In the end the Kassites, who were probably Aryan by race, conquered Babylonia and established a new dynasty.

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