Introduction

The location for the battle mansicut is believed to be in or around the modern turkish village of malesgurt, which is around 30 miles northeast of lake van. These lands would have likely been occupied by hurrians. Possibly the most well known hurrian speakers were the mitani, whose centre of power was south of lake van and who could have adopted the language. The area to the north may have been under the control of a confederation called the hiazaazi. And these people could have been an important part of the ancestry of the armenians.