Ḥuwallušiya (region)
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Ḥuwallušiya (region)
Ḥuwallušiya was an Ancient regions of Anatolia, ancient region of Anatolia located west of the Kızılırmak River and named in the ''Annals of Mursili I, Mursili'', the ''Annals of Tudḫaliya I, Tudḫaliya'' and several itineraries of Hittite troop movements in the fifteenth century BC. It was one of the lands of the Assuwa coalition that opposed the Hittites. Geography Huwallusiya was located "on the road to Arzawa," "not too far from the Kızılırmak River , Kızılırmak" and was associated in itineraries with "Tummanda, Palunta, [Wal]wara, Hap[puriya], Paparzina, Ussuha...the city of Assuwa...Awina and [Wat]tarwa."Gander, Max. (2022). ''The West: Philology'', p. 265. Hittite Landscape and Geography, Netherlands: BrillAcademia.edu/ref> A distinction has been made between Huwallusa (the town) and Huwallusiya (the surrounding countryside), with the former offering no resistance to the Hittites and the latter in active rebellion during the Assuwa campaign.Houwink te ...
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