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'''Maryannu''' is an ancient word for the caste of [[chariot]]-mounted hereditary [[warrior]] [[nobility]], which |
'''Maryannu''' is an ancient word for the caste of [[chariot]]-mounted hereditary [[warrior]] [[nobility]], which ruled most of the societies of the [[Middle East]] during the [[Bronze Age]] and migrated from eastward of Iran and Pakistan. |
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The term is attested in the [[Amarna letters]] written by [[Haapi]]. [[Robert Drews]] writes that the name ''maryannu'', although plural, takes the singular ''marya'', which in [[Sanskrit]] means 'young warrior', and attaches a [[Hurrian language|Hurrian]] suffix.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Drews |first1=Robert |title=The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East |date=1994 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |isbn=978-0-691-02951-1 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcVIcaJxgdUC&q=new+light+on+the+maryannu+as+chariot-warriors&pg=PA59 |accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> |
The term is attested in the [[Amarna letters]] written by [[Haapi]]. [[Robert Drews]] writes that the name ''maryannu'', although plural, takes the singular ''marya'', which in [[Sanskrit]] means 'young warrior', and attaches a [[Hurrian language|Hurrian]] suffix.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Drews |first1=Robert |title=The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East |date=1994 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |isbn=978-0-691-02951-1 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcVIcaJxgdUC&q=new+light+on+the+maryannu+as+chariot-warriors&pg=PA59 |accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> |
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Maryannu is an ancient word for the caste of chariot-mounted hereditary warrior nobility, which ruled most of the societies of the Middle East during the Bronze Age and migrated from eastward of Iran and Pakistan.
The term is attested in the Amarna letters written by Haapi. Robert Drews writes that the name maryannu, although plural, takes the singular marya, which in Sanskrit means 'young warrior', and attaches a Hurrian suffix.[1]
See also
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References
- ^ Drews, Robert (1994). The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-691-02951-1. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
Further reading
- Albright, W. F. (1930). "Mitannian maryannu, « chariot-warrior », and the Canaanite and Egyptian Equivalents". Archiv für Orientforschung. 6: 217–221. JSTOR 41661828.
- O'Callaghan, R. T. (1951). "New Light on the Maryannu as 'Chariot Warrior'". Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung. pp. 309–324. OCLC 55568033.
- REVIV, H. (1972). "Some Comments on the Maryannu". Israel Exploration Journal. 22 (4): 218–228. JSTOR 27925358.
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