A letter from the Hittite king Hattusili 1282-1250 BC to the Kashi king of Babylon
The documents mention a letter from the Hittite king Hattusili 1282-1250 BC to the Kashite king of Babylon, Kadash-men-Anlil III, complaining that the Arameans had made the roads between the two countries fraught with danger.
There is also a letter dating back to the 15th century BC in which the ruler of Dilmun/Bahrain/ complains about the people who plundered his country’s dates.
When the rivalry began, power in Mesopotamia was divided between two great powers, the Kassite state, which had established its foreign rule in the southern and central sections of the country since the beginning of the sixteenth century BC, and the Assyrian state, which had established its national rule in the northern sections of the country after its separation from the First Babylonian dynasty. After the death of Hammurabi in the middle of the eighteenth century BC.
The Kassites established their foreign rule in Babylonia for a period exceeding four centuries (1590-1162 BC), and since they were a ruling minority and strangers to the countries they occupied, most of what they aspired to was to preserve their political entity and commercial interests, until the circumstances of the conflict The international forces were forcing them to retreat within their borders, especially since their military strength was not comparable to the Egyptian, Hittite, and Mitanni powers, or even to the Assyrian forces later.
Therefore, the Kassites adopted a foreign policy of not interfering in the affairs of others, or in the conflicts that were raging at the time between the centers of power in the Near East region, as they preferred to remain neutral and approved the principle of peaceful coexistence as an essential feature of foreign relations.
Therefore, when the Kassites heard of the great victories achieved by the Pharaoh (Thutmose III) and his arrival on the banks of the Euphrates, they rushed to send him gifts, and this in turn reflected positively on the relationship between the two countries, which from then on was apparently progressing and flourishing until it reached its peak during the Amarna era, as it appears. Among the letters exchanged between Amenhotep III and Akhenaten on the one hand and some of the Kassite kings on the other hand, the tone that dominated the spirit of the discourse between the two sides was characterized by a call for love and brotherhood, and as a result the most luxurious and valuable gifts were exchanged, noting the increasing demand of the Kassite kings for Egyptian gold, to the point that One of them (Kadashman - Enlil I) put the gold on one hand and his daughter on the other hand. Not to mention the continuation of trade relations between the two countries despite the dangers to which the trade caravans were exposed. However, the most prominent event that the relationship witnessed at that time was the political marriage of Amenhotep III to the sister of the Kassite king (Kadhman-Enlil I) and to his daughter as well.
On the other hand, the Kassites established close relations with the Hittites as well, which resulted in the marriage of the Hittite king (Shubiluliuma) to a Kassite princess, who is the daughter or sister of the Kassite king (Purnaburiash II). This happened after Shubiluliuma established his influence in large parts of the northern Levant, including It contains Aleppo, which is closer to Babylon than the rest of the Levant, and is considered a major route for the passage of Kassite trade to the ports of the Phoenician coast and to Egypt as well.
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