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Name: Kussara

Type: Polity

Start: 1799 BC

End: 1651 BC

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Was a Bronze Age kingdom in Anatolia.

Establishment


  • January 1799 BC: Kussara was a Bronze Age kingdom in Anatolia ruled by Pithana and his son Anitta, the only two recorded kings of the polity.
  • 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 1779 BC: Pithana of Kussara took control over Kanesh (Kaneš-Neša) and its important trade centre around 1780 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


  • Cline, Eric H. (2021). "Of Arms and the Man". 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed. Princeton University Press. p. 32
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