Nuhašše
Nuhašše Nuhašše | |||||||||
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| Middle Bronze–Late Bronze | |||||||||
| Capital | Nuhašše | ||||||||
| Common languages | Aramaic | ||||||||
| Religion | Levantine Religion | ||||||||
| Government | Petty Kingdom, principalities, federation | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle-Late Bronze | ||||||||
• Established | Middle Bronze | ||||||||
• Disestablished | Late Bronze | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria | ||||||||
Nuhašše (kurnu-ḫa-áš-še; kurnu-ḫa-šeki), was a region in northwestern Syria that flourished in the 2nd millennium BC. It was east of the Orontes River bordering Aleppo (northwest) and Qatna (south). It was a petty kingdom or federacy of principalities probably under a high king. Tell Khan Sheykhun has tenatively been identified as kurnu-ḫa-šeki.