MUTUAL CULTURAL INFLUENCES OF KASSITES AND BABYLONIANS DURING KASSITES REIGN

Abstract

Kassites are one of the tribes of Iranian plateau who, after migration from southern parts of Caspian Sea, settled in the present Lorestan region and lived a pastor life in the mountains and plains there. The country of Babylonia which was a neighbor of the Kassites gradually attracted the attention of Kassites. So they attacked this region several times but they could not win because there was a powerful king named Hammurabi in Babylonia. During the reign of the son and successor of Hammurabi also they could prevent their progress, but eventually in 1749 BC Kassites overcame Babylonia and their long reign lasted for 500 years. The long-lasting coexistence of Babylonians and Kassites caused some mutual influences between them which created important changes in their life that remained in them for a long time. The basic question of research is that what have been these changes and what has been their fate after separation? Kassites and Babylonians could influence each other very much and the impact of these two groups on each other was such that it remained and institutionalized in them even after their separation. The research method in this paper is descriptive-analytical.