The hostile role of Ahḫiyawa in western Anatolia through the Hittite sources

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Lecturer in Ancient History of Egypt and the Near East Faculty of Education, Alexandria University(Egypt)

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The present study explores the hostile role of the Kingdom of Aḫḫiyawa; which was located at the west region of Anatolia, where some Hittite monuments referred to the Aḫḫiyawa attempts to impose its influence in the region and to oppose the Hittite presence. Aḫḫiyawa was mentioned as one of the most important inciting or conflicting parties, and hostility is evident during the Hittite Empire period. Furthermore, given that the historical documents concerning the Kingdom of Aḫḫiyawa are hardly rare, the  information of issue of the present study were contained in the Hittite documents, in particular the texts of the kings and their annals. It is worth noting that many of these texts were subjected to a lot of destruction and loss and even after their restoration there are many gaps that have caused several differences between the scholars in translation and interpretation. The hostile role of the Kingdom of Aḫḫiyawa will be analyzed according to the royal texts of the Hittite kings, and finally the possible reasons for hostility will be discussed.

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