Nuhašše

Nuhašše
Nuhašše
Middle Bronze–Late Bronze
CapitalNuhašše
Common languagesAramaic
Religion
Levantine Religion
GovernmentPetty Kingdom, principalities, federation
Historical eraMiddle-Late Bronze
 Established
Middle Bronze
 Disestablished
Late Bronze
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Nuhašše
Hittite Empire
Today part ofSyria

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.