Arnuwanda III was the penultimate king of the
Hittite empire
The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...
(New Kingdom) –1210 BC (
middle chronology
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)
or –1207 BC (
short chronology
The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...
).
Family
Arnuwanda was a son of
Tudhaliya IV and grandson of
Hattusili III Ḫattušili (''Ḫattušiliš'' in the inflected nominative case) was the regnal name of three Hittite kings:
* Hattusili I (Labarna II)
* Hattusili II
* Hattusili III
It was also the name of two Neo-Hittite kings:
* Hattusili I (Kummuh)
* Hattus ...
and
Puduhepa. He was quickly succeeded by his brother
Suppiluliuma II.
See also
*
History of the Hittites
The Hittites () were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in modern-day Turkey in the early 2nd millen ...
References
External links
Reign of Arnuwanda III
Hittite kings
13th-century BC monarchs
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