Zidanta II was a king of the
Hittites
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 ...
(Middle Kingdom) in the 15th century BC.
Life
He was probably a nephew of
Hantili II and had a wife Yaya. Zidanta made peace through the means of a parity treaty with a ruler named
Pilliya, his counterpart in
Kizzuwatna. This was the last parity treaty ever signed by a Hittite king to a king of Kizzuwatna.
He was succeeded by
Huzziya II although their relation remains unclear.
References
External links
Reign of Zidanta II at Hittites.info
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Hittite kings
15th-century BC monarchs