Definition of Kassite

1. Noun. A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC.

Exact synonyms: Cassite
Generic synonyms: Caucasian, White, White Person

2. Noun. An ancient language spoken by the Kassites.
Exact synonyms: Cassite
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue

Definition of Kassite

1. Noun. A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC ¹

2. Proper noun. An ancient language spoken by the Kassites ¹

3. Noun. (minerology) A rare mineral that is a basic oxide of calcium and titanium, with the chemical formula CaTi2O4(OH)2. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kassite

Kashiwabara
Kashkai
Kashmir
Kashmir goat
Kashmiri
Kashmiris
Kashub
Kashubian
Kasos
Kaspar Friedrich Wolff
Kasparian
Kasparov
Kasparyan
Kaspiane
Kasten's fluorescent Feulgen stain
Kasten's fluorescent PAS stain
Kasten's fluorescent Schiff reagents
Kastler
Kata Kolok
Kata Tjuta
Katahdin
Katahdins
Katakana
Katanga
Katangese
Katar

Literary usage of Kassite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"THE Kassite DYNASTY Under this foreign domination, Babylonia lost its empire over western Asia. Syria and Palestine became independent, and the high priests ..."

2. Primitive Civilizations: Or, Outlines of the History of Ownership in Archaic by Edith Jemima Simcox (1894)
"THE THIRD (Kassite) DYNASTY. Some of the kings of the Third Dynasty have unmistakably Kassite names, and the whole dynasty may conveniently be called ..."

3. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1915)
"The next Kassite king, Ellil-nadin-akhi (about 1184-1181 BC), reigned also but a short time, and the very brevity of these reigns may, perhaps, as often, ..."

4. A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians by George Stephen Goodspeed (1902)
"THE Kassite CONQUEST OF BABYLONIA AND THE APPEARANCE OF ASSYRIA. 2000-1500 BC 102. WITH the last king of the dynasty of Kham- ..."

5. Ancient Chronology by Olaf Alfred Toffteen (1907)
"To these names we can now add the names mentioned in the Amarna Letters, Chronicle P, the Synchronistic History, and the legal tablets of the Kassite period ..."

6. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1907)
"A " Kassite " TEXT; AND A FIRST DYNASTY TABLET. BY THE REV. ... A Kassite TEXT. '• (See Plates I and n.) I obtained this tablet through the good offices of ..."

7. Proceedings by Bruce A. Suprenant, James L. Noland, M.P. Schuller, University of Colorado (1907)
"A "Kassite" TEXT; AND A FIRST DYNASTY TABLET. BY THE REV. ... A Kassite TEXT. (See Plates I and II.) I obtained this tablet through the good offices of the ..."

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