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25: 606: 148: 1141: 592: 378:(c. 1274 BC), Kizzuwatna supplied troops to the Hittite king. As master equestrians, some of the first in the areas south of the Caucasus region, they provided the horses, which were later favoured by King Solomon and allowed the more aggressive use of the Hittite chariot than their Egyptian and Assyrian rivals were able. 231:
meaning "land on this side" in relation to the mountains. Though Kizzuwatna Luwian differs from Empire Luwian spoken in the Hittite heartland, incantations written in Kizzuwatna Luwian appear untranslated in Hittite ritual texts. Hurrian culture became more prominent in Kizzuwatna once it entered the
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is believed to have temporarily displaced the people of the Cilician plain, but many among the entourage of the Sea peoples were likely to have been composed of Luwian and Hurrians, possibly to ensure that they had a stake in how the invasions ended for their people, rather than being simple victims
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The Kizzuwatna were master craftsman, mining experts and blacksmiths. Being the first to work "black iron", which is understood to have been iron of meteoric origin, into weapons such as maces, swords and warheads for spears. Their location in the mineral-rich Tarsus Range gave them ample materials
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likely continued the policy of his father. The exceedingly rough and unfavourable terrain of the Tarsus Mountains made it likely that to remain in a position of prominence among their Hurrian- and Luwian- speaking neighbours, the Kizzuwatna requested favourable terms for the treaties, and that they
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Forlanini, Massimo: How to infer Ancient Roads and Intineraries from heterogenous Hittite Texts: The Case of the Cilician (Kizzuwatnean) Road System,
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Novák, Mirko and Rutishauser, Susanne: Tutḫaliya, Šunaššura und die Grenze zwischen Ḫatti und Kizzuwatna, in: C. Mittermayer, S. Ecklin (eds.),
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Novák, Mirko: Kizzuwatna, Ḥiyawa, Quwe – Ein Abriss der Kulturgeschichte des Ebenen Kilikien, in J. Becker, R. Hempelmann, E. Rehm (ed.),
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Kozal, Ekin and Novák, Mirko: Alalakh and Kizzuwatna. Some Thoughts on the Synchronization, in: Ç. Maner, A. Gilbert, M. Horowitz (ed.),
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claimed to have reached the Taurus Mountains (the silver mountains) in the 23rd century BC. However, archaeology has yet to confirm any
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Hurrians predate the Hittites and Luwians in the area, who probably arrived around 2000 BC as part of the imperial expansion under
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of Kizzuwatna had to sign a treaty with Idrimi. The treaty was for fugitives exchanges between Idrimi and Pilliya.
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became more powerful. He concluded a treaty with Sunassura, and took it away from the domination of Mitanni.
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Novák, Mirko and Rutishauser, Susanne: Kizzuwatna: Archaeology. In: M. Weeden und L.Z. Ullmann (ed.),
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during this period, that played a political role in the rivalry between Hittites and the Mitanni.
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Altorientalische Studien zu Ehren von Pascal Attinger, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 256
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Several ethnic groups coexisted in Kizzuwatna and their culture represents a fusion of
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represents a "s" sound (as in "sun") in Hittite and Luwian transliteration ( in the
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in the Anatolian Highlands went through Kizzuwatna by the early 2nd millennium BC.
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kingdom in the 2nd millennium BC. It was situated in the highlands of southeastern
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In the power struggle that arose between the Hittites and the Hurrian kingdom of
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The kings of Kizzuwatna of the 2nd millennium BC had frequent contact with the
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to the north. The earliest Hittite records seem to refer to Kizzuwatna and
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usually represents "sh" (as in "shun") in other languages in the IPA.
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On Kizzuwatna's north-eastern border, there also existed the state of
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The country possessed valuable resources, such as silver mines in the
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and Kizzuwatna c. 1290 BC and borders the Egyptian kingdom (green)
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Archi, Alfonso (2003-07-21). "Middle Hittite—"Middle Kingdom"".
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States and territories disestablished in the 12th century BC
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States and territories established in the 2nd millennium BC
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was also integrated into the Hittite one, and the goddess
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The plains at the lower course of the 77:Learn how and when to remove this message 652:, Yale university press, New Haven 1940. 366:Kizzuwatna rebelled during the reign of 258:towards the end of the 13th century BC. 146: 709:, Brill, Leiden 2017, pp. 296–317. 702:, Brill, Leiden 2017, pp. 134–145. 664:Sociolinguistics of the Luvian Language 471:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195376142.013.0023 463:The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia 453: 254:of Kizzuwatna became very important in 659:, Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1974. 7: 385:Around 1200 BC, an invasion by the 295:(Western Anatolia) collectively as 14: 509:Treaty between Idrimi and Pilliya 179:provided rich cultivated fields. 1139: 604: 590: 485:"Tablet/Seal Impression #131447" 310:made a treaty with Hittite King 23: 645:, Scholars Press, Atlanta 1996. 570:International Phonetic Alphabet 347:At the time of Kizzuwatna king 351:(Sunassura), the Hittite king 1: 1339:Former countries in West Asia 1329:States in Bronze Age Anatolia 374:for 200 years. 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