• Assuwa (Hittite: 𒀸𒋗𒉿, romanized: aš-šu-wa; Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, romanized: a-si-wi-ja) was a confederation of 22 states in western Anatolia around...
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  • in the Classical Age, to the south of mainland Anatolia or Asia Minor) Assuwa, roughly most part of West Asia Minor / Anatolia, it was a confederation...
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    Mediterranean in the 12th century BC. Ancient regions of Anatolia Arzawa Assuwa Lycians Madduwatta Trevor Bryce (2005) The Kingdom of the Hittites, p. 54...
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    1500–1320 BC Mitanni 1500–1300 BC Hayasa-Azzi 1500–1290 BC Lycia 1450–350 BC Assuwa 1300–1250 BC Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700...
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    Akkadian expression for the "sunrise" or possibly echoing the name of the Assuwa league in western Anatolia.[citation needed] The Romans used it as the name...
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    was inscribed, in Akkadian, "As Duthaliya the Great King shattered the Assuwa-Country he dedicated these swords to the Storm-God, his lord". Another significant...
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    identified with Miletus. Also mentioned in this and other letters is the Assuwa confederation made of 22 cities and countries which included the city of...
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    Plate. The term "Asia" is believed to originate in the Bronze Age placename Assuwa (Hittite: 𒀸𒋗𒉿, romanized: aš-šu-wa) which originally referred only to...
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    is attested in Mycenaean Greek texts as aswia and probably derives from Assuwa, the name of the region in the Bronze Age. After the Greco-Persian Wars...
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  • most famous event of Tudhaliya's reign was his conquest of the land Assuwa. Assuwa's name is believed by some scholars to be the origin of the modern place...
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    New Hittite Kingdoms, at times a rival and, at other times, a vassal. The Assuwa league was a confederation of states in western Anatolia defeated by the...
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    records around 1400 BC, when it was one of the twenty-two states of the Assuwa Confederation which unsuccessfully attempted to oppose the Hittite Empire...
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  • name for the east bank of the Aegean Sea, an area known to the Hittites as Assuwa. In early Classical times, the Greeks started using the term "Asia" to refer...
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    Schwerter in Rumänien, Prähistorische Bronzefunde IV.8 (1991). E. Cline, Aššuwa and the Achaeans: the 'Mycenaean' Sword at Hattušas and its possible Implications...
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    1500–1320 BC Mitanni 1500–1300 BC Hayasa-Azzi 1500–1290 BC Lycia 1450–350 BC Assuwa 1300–1250 BC Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700...
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    c. 1600 BCE–1400 BCE: Hittite Empire and many small states in the west. Assuwa, a confederation (or league) of 22 ancient Anatolian states, was formed...
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    the Trojans and the one who helped Paris kill Achilles. Troy VII Ahhiyawa Assuwa Piyama-Radu Hittite treaty between Muwattalli II of Hatti and Alakšandu...
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    to the east of Phrygia. Some scholars have identified Phrygia with the Assuwa league, and noted that the Iliad mentions a Phrygian (Queen Hecuba's brother)...
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    were subjugated by Tudhaliya I/II around 1400 BC, concurrently with the Assuwa Revolt. A Hittite text known as the Indictment of Madduwatta discusses the...
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    Hattians Kussara Kanesh Purushanda Pala (Anatolia) Third Eblaite Kingdom Kizzuwatna Assuwa Arzawa Wilusa Alashiya...
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    rebels, and pirates. Lukka people fought against the Hittites as part of the Assuwa confederation, later fought for the Hittites in the Battle of Kadesh. Karkiya...
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    1500–1320 BC Mitanni 1500–1300 BC Hayasa-Azzi 1500–1290 BC Lycia 1450–350 BC Assuwa 1300–1250 BC Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700...
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    1500–1320 BC Mitanni 1500–1300 BC Hayasa-Azzi 1500–1290 BC Lycia 1450–350 BC Assuwa 1300–1250 BC Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700...
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    Empire Sasanian Empire Anatolia Hattians Hurrians Hittites Carchemish Arzawa Assuwa Luwians Kaskians Hayasa-Azzi Shupria Colchis Neo-Hittite States Lydia Phrygians...
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    Empire Sasanian Empire Anatolia Hattians Hurrians Hittites Carchemish Arzawa Assuwa Luwians Kaskians Hayasa-Azzi Shupria Colchis Neo-Hittite States Lydia Phrygians...
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    1500–1320 BC Mitanni 1500–1300 BC Hayasa-Azzi 1500–1290 BC Lycia 1450–350 BC Assuwa 1300–1250 BC Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700...
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  • Karkiya (category Assuwa league)
    Karkiya or Karkisa was a Late Bronze Age region in western Anatolia known from references in Hittite and Egyptian records. It is believed to refer to the...
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  • Duration (BC) Aeolia Smyrna 8th century - 6th century Arzawa Apasa (Ephesus?) Assuwa league 1300-1250 Caria Halicarnassus 11th century - 6th century Diauehi...
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    Empire Sasanian Empire Anatolia Hattians Hurrians Hittites Carchemish Arzawa Assuwa Luwians Kaskians Hayasa-Azzi Shupria Colchis Neo-Hittite States Lydia Phrygians...
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    1500–1320 BC Mitanni 1500–1300 BC Hayasa-Azzi 1500–1290 BC Lycia 1450–350 BC Assuwa 1300–1250 BC Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700...
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