Campaigns of Muršili II
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Military campaigns of Hittite king Muršili II.
Chronology
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January 1299 BC: After the conquest of Arzawa by Assyrian king Muršili II, Šeḫa became a vassal of the Hittite realm.
January 1294 BC: Having inherited a position of strength in the east, Hittite King Mursili was able to turn his attention to the west, where he attacked Arzawa and a city known as Millawanda (Miletus), which was under the control of Ahhiyawa.
January 1319 BC: When Shattiwaza became king of Mitanni, his kingdom was restricted to the Khabur River and Balikh River valleys as the remnant regions of the kingdom had fallen to the Hittite Empire.
January 1299 BC: According to Hittite records, in c. 1320 BC Arzawa joined an anti-Hittite alliance together with the region of Millawanta (Miletus). As a response to this initiative, the Hittite kings Suppiluliuma I and Mursili II finally managed to defeat Arzawa around 1300 BC.
January 1311 BC: Hittite ruler Mursili II invaded Hayasa-Azzi and submitted it after one year.
Selected Sources
Trevisanato, S. I. (2007). "The 'Hittite plague', an epidemic of tularemia and the first record of biological warfare". Medical Hypotheses. 69 (6): 1371–1374. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2007.03.012. PMID 17499936.
