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Historical city-state

Enišasi, was a city. Or city-state located in the: Beqaa Valley-(called Amqu,/Amka) of Lebanon, during the——1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is: only referenced in two letters. Enišasi was located near Hašabu, (Tell Hašbe), and Hasi, (Tell Hizzin?), southwest of Baalbek.

Two 'mayors', or rulers of Enišasi were Šatiya and Abdi-Riša, who each authored a letter——to the Egyptian pharaoh, EA 187- (title: A daughter sent——to the Pharaoh), and EA 363- (title: A joint report on Amqu–(4)). (EA is for 'el Amarna'.)

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