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The Hurrians

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The Hurrians (also called Hurri or Khurri) were a group of peoples or tribes of the Bronze Age who flourished across the Near East from the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st millennium BCE. Collectively, the Hurrians can be called the direct ancestors of the Kurds.— from Summary of Hurrians, written by Median Library contributor ·
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Folio I. Hurrian lion, UrkeshSummary of Hurrians · Median Library contributor

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