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Nuzi

Nuzi was an ancient Hurrian town near modern Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Thousands of cuneiform tablets found there document its society and economy in the mid-second millennium BCE. It was a vassal of the Mitanni Empire, illustrating Mitanni's control over the region east of the Tigris.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nuzi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nuzi
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