B.C. 2000 Mesopotamia and Anatolia political releations

The subject of our thesis is political relations between Anatolia and Mesopotamia in the second millenium B.C.. It is known that the relations between Anatolia and Mesopotamia lasts until earlier time. İn this long period, these regions that had different geographical, political, culturel and socio-economical characteristics, had strong relations with each other. One of the primary aim of the states which became powerful in Anatolia was to take the control of Mesopotamia that was the cradle of civilization in that era. On the other hand, the states which gained power in Mesopotamia aimed to capture of the rich subsurface and surface materials of Anatolia region.The basic of political relations between Anatolia and Mesopotamia lasts Akkade?s activities that targeted Anatolia in the third millenium B.C.. İn the second millenium B.C., the powerful Hittite Empire followed an enlargement politics towards Mesopotamia. The weakening of Hurri-Mitanni State due to the attacks of Hittite made Assyria?s rise easy. Assyrian restarted to repressure in the region as Hittite weakened by the time. İn that era, deployment activities started from Mesopotamia to Anatolia. Assyria expended continuous effort to capture mine reserves and especially iron reserves of Anatolia. İn the frame of enlargement politics, Assyria?s relations with Urartu Satate that founded on East Anatolia was mainly shaped according to geographical position and naturel resources of Urartu region.Key Words: 1. Hittite 2. Akkade 3. Mitanni 4. Assyrian 5. Urartu