Arzawa Kingdom
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Arzawa was the name of a region and a political entity (a "kingdom" or a federation of local powers) in Western Anatolia in the second half of the 2nd millennium BC.
Establishment
January 1699 BC: Arzawa was the name of a region and a political entity (a "kingdom" or a federation of local powers) in Western Anatolia in the second half of the 2nd millennium BC (roughly from the late 15th century BC.
Chronology
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Military campaigns of Hittite King Hattusili I.
January 1647 BC: Hittite King Hattusili I campaigned against Arzawa in western Anatolia.
February 1647 BC: Hittite King Hattusili I campaigned against Arzawa in western Anatolia.
Military campaigns of Hittite king Tudḫaliya I.
January 1399 BC: The Hittite Empire expanded to the west at the expense of Arzawa (a Luwian state).
Military campaigns of Hittite king Muršili II.
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 1399 BC: Šeḫa was a polity in the area of ancient Lydia. It is first attested in the fourteenth century BC, duirng the military campaigns of the Hittite king Tudḫaliya I.
Disestablishment
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.
Selected Sources
Bryce, Trevor R., (2018). "The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I", in Gephyra 16, November 2018, pp. 1-12.
