### id241958789 line between ally and vassal is fuzzy > Mitanni remained an ally (but in practice vassal) of the Hittites until the reign of Šattuara I in the first half of the 13th century BCE, who decided to attack Assyria - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fjwaw31fx82c49m1gay9xn7b) - [[Hittites Originally Vassals of the Mittani by Bentresh#id241958789 line between ally and vassal is fuzzy|View in Vault]] - [n] This reminds me of how Athenian allies were really vassals; #xref with [[We Condone It by Our Silence by Rebecca Futo Kennedy]] & [[how did the small city of Athens birth so much brilliance]].