Maryannu

''Mariyas'' sun kasance dakarun jarumi ne da ke kan karusar waɗanda suka wanzu a yawancin al'ummomin Tsohon Gabas ta Tsakiya a lokacin Bronze Age, musamman tsakanin 1700 da 1200 BC. Maryannu kalma ce ta Hurrian Indo-Aryan, wacce aka kafa ta hanyar ƙara ma'anar Hurrian -nni ga tushen Indo-Arya márya, ma'ana " (matashi) mutum"  ko "matashi jarumi".  Masanin ilimin harshe Martin West ya ba da shawarar cewa sunan Meriones, wani hali a cikin Homeric epic, "kamar" ne ga maryannu. Don haka, Mērionēs zai zama fassarar Helenanci na Homer na kalmar, wanda aka nuna a cikin ayar waka ta pre-Mycenaean kamar Mārionās.

Kalmar an tabbatar da ita a cikin wasiƙun Amarna da Haapi ya rubuta. Yawancin Maryannu suna da sunayen Semitic da Hurrian.[1][2]

 Dubi kuma 

 Rushewar Zamanin Bronze: Yaƙi
 Babban yankin Indo-Aryan a Mitanni

 Manazarta