The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler

Volume 4 The Medieval World.

Episode 11 The Battle of Mansicert. Oh, you know, you know, you know,

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... Oh, The location for the Battle of Mansikert is believed to be in or around the modern Turkish

village of Malazgert, which is around 30 miles northeast of Lake Van, which is a lake which is not

too far from Turkey's Iranian border, which is in the east of Turkey.

It is also not far from the Euphrates River, but in its upper reaches near to its

source, which meant that this area would generally avoid the intense politics

of the earliest Mesopotamian societies.

These lands would have likely been occupied by Hurrians if we go back to the beginnings of history.

Hurrian culture and language appeared to be quite exclusive and unique to this area with no known language

connections to other large language groups. Possibly the most well-known

Hurrian speakers were the Mitani, whose centre of power was south of Lake Van.

The kingdom of the Matani emerged in mysterious circumstances during the middle centuries of the second millennium B.C.

and were politically linked to the two main powers of upper Mesopotamian lands, who were the Assyrians and the Hittites.

The Mitani are not necessarily believed to be of Hurrian origin, but could have instead

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