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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.
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.
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.
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.
Fall of Apasa
The Fall of Apasa was the capture of Apasa, capital of the Anatolian kingdom of Arzawa, by the Hittite king Mursili II around 1318 BC.
Hittite Wars of Survival
The Hittite Wars of Survival were the Hittite state's defensive wars against the Kaška and Arzawa from about 1400 to 1350 BC, ending under Šuppiluliuma I.
Kaska campaign of Hattusili III
The Kaska campaign of Hattusili III was a Hittite king's wars against the Kaska tribes of northern Anatolia, c. 1267–1237 BC, recovering the sacred city Nerik.
Kaska invasions of Hatti
The Kaska invasions of Hatti were recurring raids by the Kaška peoples of northern Anatolia against the Hittite Empire, first attested in the 15th century BC.
Move of the capital to Tarhuntassa
Hittite great king Muwattalli II moved the empire's capital from Hattusa to Tarhuntassa, a city he founded in southern Anatolia, before the Battle of Qadesh around 1275 BC.
Mursili II's Arzawa campaign
Mursili II's Arzawa campaign was a two-year Hittite conquest of the kingdom of Arzawa in western Anatolia, led by King Mursili II around 1320–1319 BC.
Mursili's eclipse
Mursili's eclipse is a solar omen recorded in the tenth regnal year of Hittite king Mursili II, long read by scholars as an eclipse usable to anchor Hittite chronology.
Nerik restoration under Hattusili III
The Nerik restoration under Hattusili III was the Hittite recovery of the sacred city of Nerik from Kaška tribes in the later 13th century BC, recorded in edict CTH 90.
Plague of Suppiluliuma I
The Plague of Suppiluliuma I, or Hittite plague, was a twenty-year epidemic in Hatti from about 1330 BCE that killed Suppiluliuma I and his son Arnuwanda II.
Revolts against Mursili II
The revolts against Mursili II were uprisings by vassals of the Hittite Empire, chiefly the kingdom of Arzawa, which Mursili crushed in campaigns in his third and fourth regnal years.
Sack of Aleppo
The sack of Aleppo was the capture and destruction of Aleppo, capital of the kingdom of Yamhad, by the Hittite king Mursili I around 1595 BC.
Sea battles of Suppiluliuma II
The sea battles of Suppiluliuma II were three naval victories of the last Hittite king over the ships of Alašiya (Cyprus), recorded on tablet KBo 12.38.
Siege of Carchemish
The siege of Carchemish was the capture of Carchemish on the Euphrates by the Hittite Great King Šuppiluliuma I around 1330 BC, ending Mitanni rule.
Syrian campaigns of Hattusili I
The Syrian campaigns of Hattusili I were Hittite military expeditions into northern Syria around 1650–1620 BC, against Alalakh, Urshu, and cities of Yamhad, ending without the conquest of Aleppo.
Syrian campaigns of Suppiluliuma I
The Syrian campaigns of Suppiluliuma I were two Hittite wars against Mitanni in the mid-14th century BC that ended Mitanni's hegemony over Syria and brought Carchemish and Aleppo under Hittite viceroys.
Troy VI destruction
The Troy VI destruction ended the fortified Late Bronze Age city of Troy at Hisarlik around 1300 BC, attributed by most scholars to a violent earthquake.
Tudhaliya III's concentric invasions
Tudhaliya III's concentric invasions were simultaneous enemy attacks on the Hittite kingdom around 1400–1350 BC that burned the capital Hattusa before a counterattack restored Hittite power.
Tudhaliya IV's building programme at Hattusa
Tudhaliya IV's building program at Hattusa was the last major wave of royal construction at the Hittite capital under King Tudhaliya IV, c. 1237–1209 BC.
Tudhaliya IV's conquest of Cyprus
Tudhaliya IV's conquest of Cyprus was a Hittite military campaign against the island kingdom of Alashiya, generally identified with Cyprus, around 1220–1200 BC, the empire's only attested use of naval forces.
Usurpation of Urhi-Teshub by Hattusili III
The usurpation of Urhi-Teshub by Hattusili III, also known as the deposition of Mursili III, ended the five-year reign of the Hittite Great King around 1267 BC.