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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Example Sentences

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

Kadashman-Bel himself belonged to the house of the Kassite chiefs, who, about two hundred and fifty years previously, had invaded and conquered Babylonia, but who afterwards fully adopted Babylonian manners and customs.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)

In Babylon the Kassite dynasty, under which trade flourished, came to an end as a result of an Elamite invasion about 1185 B.C.

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

The Kassite, for instance, was a unifying and therefore a strengthening influence in Babylonia.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander