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Piyusti or Piyušti was a
Piyusti or Piyušti was a king
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of Hattusa
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittites, Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey (originally Boğazköy) within the great ...
during the 17th century BC (short chronology
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). He is mentioned in the '' Anitta text'' as being defeated by Anitta on at least two occasions.
Anitta and Piyusti
In the second encounter, Piyusti and his auxiliary troops were defeated at the town of Å alampa. Later, Anitta was able to storm the city ofHattusa
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittites, Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey (originally Boğazköy) within the great ...
at night after its defenders were weakened by famine
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. Anitta utterly destroyed and cursed the Hatti capital. The later Hittite kings had to completely rebuild the city.''Historical Dictionary of the Hittites'' by Charles Allen Burney
Charles Allen Burney (1930 – 10 November 2024) was a British archaeologist known for his discovery of Urartian sites in Turkey in the 1950s and his excavations at Yanik Tepe, Tabriz, Iran from 1960 to 1962.
Early life
Burney was born in 1930 a ...
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 ...
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