king Saustatar

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King Saustatar was a powerful 15th-century BCE ruler of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, under whom the state reached its greatest territorial and political influence in the ancient Near East.

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king Saustatar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hurrian ruler ⓘ
Mitanni king ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern monarch ⓘ
approximateReignEnd late 15th century BCE ⓘ
approximateReignStart mid-15th century BCE ⓘ
capital Washukanni ⓘ
contemporaryOf Amenhotep II ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
country Mitanni ⓘ
diplomaticRelationsWith Assyria ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Hatti ⓘ
era Late Bronze Age ⓘ
ethnicity Hurrian ⓘ
father Parshatatar ⓘ
floruit 15th century BCE ⓘ
knownFor expansion of Mitanni power ⓘ
making Mitanni a great power in the ancient Near East ⓘ
languageOfCourt Hurrian ⓘ
notableEvent height of Mitanni territorial expansion ⓘ
politicalRole hegemon over parts of northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
politicalStatusOfRealm great power in the ancient Near East ⓘ
predecessor Parshatatar ⓘ
regionRuled Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
southeastern Anatolia ⓘ
reignPeriod 15th century BCE ⓘ
religion Hurrian religion ⓘ
royalHouse Mitanni dynasty ⓘ
sourceOfEvidence Assyrian inscriptions ⓘ
Nuzi texts ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence Aleppo ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Kizzuwatna ⓘ
Nuzi ⓘ
successor Artatama I ⓘ
title King of Mitanni ⓘ

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Mitanni → peakPowerUnder → king Saustatar ⓘ