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Arzawa was the name of a region or kingdom in Western
Anatolia, which later to be known as
Lydia (Assyrian
Luddu, Greek Λυδία) in the post-
Hittite era. It was the western neighbour and sometimes vassal of the
Hittites, and probably bordered on the
Assuwa league to the north. Its capital was Apasa (or Abasa), according to Hittite sources, which may correspond to the later Lydian capital,
Ephesus.
The language spoken in Arzawa during the
Bronze Age and early
Iron Age was
Luwian, a member of the
Anatolian branch of the
Indo-European family. In the oldest texts, eg. the
Hittite Code, the area of Arzawa, together with
Kizzuwatna, was named
Luwia.
The height of the kingdom was in the 15th and 14th century BC. The Hittites were then weakened, and Arzawa was an ally of Egypt, as recorded in the
Amarna letters. The Hittite kings
Suppiluliuma I and
Mursili II, however, finally managed to defeat Arzawa, which was split into vassal kingdoms called Mira, Seha and Hanballa. Independent "
Neo-Hittite" states re-emerged in the region after the collapse of the Hittite Empire from the 12th century.
Kings of Arzawa in the 14th century
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