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Name: Kizzuwatna

Type: Polity

Start: 1999 BC

End: 1651 BC

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Was an ancient Anatolian kingdom in the 2nd millennium BC. It was situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, near the Gulf of İskenderun, in modern-day Turkey.

Establishment


  • January 1999 BC: Kizzuwatna was an ancient Anatolian kingdom that existed since the 2nd millennium BC. It was situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, on the trade route between Assysria and the city of Kanesh.
  • January 1999 BC: Kizzuwatna was an ancient Anatolian kingdom in the 2nd millennium BC. It was situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, near the Gulf of İskenderun, in modern-day Turkey.
  • Chronology


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    1. Campaigns of Hattusili I


    Military campaigns of Hittite King Hattusili I.

  • January 1650 BC: Labarna founded the Hittite Kingdom ca. 1650 BC. He renamed himself Hattusili I (meaning "the man of Hattusa") and established his capital city at Hattusa.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1809 BC: Yamhad, an ancient Semitic kingdom centered on Ḥalab (today Aleppo, Syria), emerged at the end of the 19th century BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1650 BC: Labarna founded the Hittite Kingdom ca. 1650 BC. He renamed himself Hattusili I (meaning "the man of Hattusa") and established his capital city at Hattusa.
  • Selected Sources


  • Barca, N. (2023), Knossos, Mycenae, Troy: The Enchanting Bronze Age and its Tumultuous Climax, Oxbow Books, p. 219
  • Cline, Eric H. (2021). "Of Arms and the Man". 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed. Princeton University Press. p. 32
  • Douglas Frayne (1 January 1990). Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). University of Toronto Press. p. 780
  • Padovese, L. (2009): Paolo di Tarso: Archeologia - Storia - Ricezione, Effata Editrice IT, p.6
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