Haddu

This article is about the ancient city of Haddu, modern Malhat ed-Deru. For the Syrian storm deity, see Hadad.
Haddu

The remains of Haddu
Shown within Syria
Location Syria
Region Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Coordinates 35°55′48″N 40°20′49″E / 35.93°N 40.347°E / 35.93; 40.347

Haddu, was an ancient kingdom in northern Syria, identified with the modern Tell Malhat ed-Deru in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[1]

The kingdom flourished in the middle of the third millennium BC and controlled the middle Khabur valley.[2] It was ruled by its own monarch who was a vassal of Ebla,[3] and fought against the kingdom of Mari.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lauren Ristvet (2014). Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East. p. 85.
  2. ↑ Lauren Ristvet (2014). Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East. p. 53.
  3. ↑ Diane Bolger, Louise C. Maguire (2010). The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of Edgar Peltenburg. p. 133.
  4. ↑ "Amalia Catagnoti : IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR. THE TRUCE BETWEEN EBLAAND MARI (ARET XVI 30) AND THE RANSOM OF PRISONERS, Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale Vol. 106, pp 50". Presses Universitaires de France. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

Coordinates: 35°55′48″N 40°20′49″E / 35.930°N 40.347°E / 35.930; 40.347


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