Kassite

noun

Kas·​site

variants or Cassite

ˈkaˌsīt

plural -s

1

: a member of a people inhabiting parts of the Iranian plateau south of the Caspian sea and ruling Babylon between 1600 and 1200 b.c.

2

: the Elamite language of the Kassite people

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