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Aḫḫulla
Aḫḫulla, also written Aḫḫula, is a land of the Hittite Old Kingdom, attested only in the Proclamation of Telipinu among territories lost under King Ammuna around 1550 BC.
Alacahöyük bronze standards
The Alacahöyük bronze standards are 39 Hattian bronze objects from the royal tombs at Alacahöyük, Turkey, dating to about 2300–2000 BC and excavated in the 1930s.
Alaksandu
Alakšandu, also known as Alaksandu of Wilusa, was a Late Bronze Age king of Wilusa in western Anatolia who concluded a treaty with Muwatalli II around 1280 BC.
Aleppo Treaty
The Aleppo Treaty is a Hittite state treaty, cataloged as CTH 75, issued by Mursili II for his nephew Talmi-Šarruma, king of Aleppo, in the 13th century BC.
Alluwamna
Alluwamna was a Hittite Great King of the Middle Kingdom who reigned around 1460 BC, probably the son-in-law and adoptive heir of King Telepinu, known from fragmentary cuneiform tablets found at Hattusa.
Ammuna
Ammuna was a king of the Hittite Old Kingdom, dated around 1550–1530 BC, who succeeded Zidanta I and was succeeded by Huzziya I, whose accession followed the murder of Ammuna's probable sons and heirs.
Anatolian hieroglyphs
Anatolian hieroglyphs, also called Luwian hieroglyphs or Hieroglyphic Luwian, are a mixed logo-syllabic script used mainly for the Luwian language from about 1420 to 700 BC.
Anitta (king of Kussara)
Anitta, also known as Anittas, was an Anatolian king of Kussara, son of Pithana, who conquered Nesa and destroyed Hattusa around 1730 BC and is known from the Anitta Text.
Anitta text
The Anitta text, also called the Anitta inscription, is the oldest known text in the Hittite language, narrating King Anitta's conquests, including his destruction of Hattusa around 1730 BC.
Annals of Hattusili I
The Annals of Hattusili I are an Old Hittite text, cataloged as CTH 4, recording year by year the campaigns of King Hattusili I around 1650 to 1620 BC.
Anniya
Anniya, also written Anniyas or Anniyash, was the last named king of Azzi-Hayasa in eastern Anatolia, defeated by the Hittite king Mursili II around 1321–1295 BC.
Anzapahhaddu
Anzapahhaddu was a ruler in the Arzawa sphere of western Anatolia in the second half of the 14th century BC, known only from Hittite texts.
Apology of Hattusili III
The Apology of Hattusili III (CTH 81) is a Hittite text in which King Hattusili III justifies his seizure of the throne from his nephew Urhi-Teshub.
Arnuwanda I
Arnuwanda I, also written Arnuwandas I, was a Hittite Great King of the late 15th century BC, married to Queen Ašmu-nikal and known for his edicts and frontier treaties.
Arnuwanda II
Arnuwanda II, also written Arnuwandas II, was a Hittite king of the New Kingdom, eldest son and successor of Šuppiluliuma I, who reigned c. 1322–1321 BC.
Arnuwanda III
Arnuwanda III was a king of the Hittite Empire who ruled briefly around 1209–1207 BC, near the empire's end, and was succeeded by his brother Šuppiluliuma II.
Arzawa
Arzawa was a kingdom, or group of kingdoms, in western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age, the Hittites' most powerful western rival until its power was broken by Mursili II.
Ašmu-nikal
Ašmu-nikal, also written Ašmunikkal, was a queen of the Hittite kingdom during the Middle Hittite period, the wife of King Arnuwanda I and daughter of Queen Nikalmati.
Assuwa
Assuwa was a coalition of twenty-two states in northwestern Anatolia, defeated by the Hittite king Tudhaliya I/II around 1430 BC; its allies included Wilusiya and Taruisa, likely Troy.
Attarissiya
Attarissiya, also written Attariššiya, was a leader called the "man of Ahhiyawa" in Hittite texts of the late 15th and early 14th century BC, known for attacking the Hittite vassal Madduwatta and raiding Cyprus.
Battle of Ganuvara
The Battle of Ganuvara, also spelled Kannuwara, was a battle fought around the early 1310s BC, where a Hittite army under Nuvanza defeated an invading Hayasa-Azzi army.
Bente-Shina
Bentešina, also written Benteshina, was king of Amurru in Syria in the 13th century BC, a Hittite vassal who was exiled for rebellion and later restored by Hattusili III.
Boğazköy archive
The Boğazköy archive, also called the Hattusa archive, is the corpus of some 25,000 to 35,000 cuneiform tablets from Ḫattuša, capital of the Hittite kingdom, about 1650–1180 BC.
Bronze Tablet
The Bronze Tablet is a Hittite bronze treaty tablet recording the treaty between King Tudhaliya IV and his cousin Kurunta of Tarhuntassa, found at Hattusa in 1986.
Campaigns of Tudhaliya I/II against Arzawa
The campaigns of Tudhaliya I/II against Arzawa were Hittite campaigns in western Anatolia around 1430 BC, in which King Tudhaliya I/II defeated the Assuwa league of twenty-two states.
Dadu-Hepa
Dadu-Hepa, also written Tadu-Hepa, was a Hittite queen holding the title Tawananna as the second wife of King Tudhaliya III, mother of Henti and Tudhaliya the Younger.
Danuhepa
Danuhepa, also Tanuhepa, was a Hittite Great Queen known from seal impressions found at the capital Hattusa and from a court case that ruined her.
Deeds of Suppiluliuma
The Deeds of Suppiluliuma (CTH 40) is a Hittite biographical account of King Suppiluliuma I, written by his son Mursili II after the king's death around 1322 BC.
Downfall of the Hittite Empire
The downfall of the Hittite Empire was the collapse of the Hittite New Kingdom around 1200 BC, marked by the abandonment and burning of the capital Hattusa.
Edict of Telipinu
The Edict of Telipinu, also called the Proclamation of Telipinu, is an Old Hittite royal text issued by King Telipinu around 1525–1500 BC, fixing the rule of succession after decades of dynastic murders.