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Mesopotamia was settled, and conquered, by numerous ancient Civilizations. Mesopotamia was home to some of the oldest major ancient civilizations, including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians. In 5000 BC, the Sumerians arrived in Mesopotamia. The Semites arrived in 2900 BC and by 2000 BC they had mixed peacefully with the Sumerians and had assumed political dominance. The mitanni were an eastern Indo European people belonging to the linguistic satem group who settled in northern Mesopotamia circa 1600 BC South East of Turkey and by circa 1450 BC established a medium size empire east, north and west, and temporarily made tributary vassals out of kings in the west, even as for as kafti and making them a major Threat for the pharaoh.
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