Mitanni

Japanese: Mitanni
Mitanni

...The Hurrians, who gradually migrated south from the southern Caucasus and Armenia throughout the 3rd millennium BCE, began to live over a wide area in northern Mesopotamia and Syria in the 2nd millennium BCE, establishing several small kingdoms. They were then unified under the control of Indo-Aryan tribes who had migrated from the north and east, and came to have great political and military power as the Kingdom of Mitanni. Although the migrating Indo-Aryan tribes were few in number, they probably subjugated the overwhelming majority of the Hurrians due to their superior military power.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Mitanni" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…カフカス南部,アルメニア地方から,前3千年紀を通じて徐々に南下してきたフルリ人は,前2千年紀に入ると,北メソポタミア,シリアにかけて広範囲に居住するようになり,いくつかの小王国を建てた。その後,北方あるいは東方から移動してきたインド・アーリヤ系の部族の支配下に統一され,ミタンニMitanni王国として強力な政治,軍事力をもつにいたった。移動してきたインド・アーリヤ系の部族は少数であったが,おそらく軍事力の優位から圧倒的多数のフルリ人を従属させたものと思われる。…

※「Mitanni」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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