Some Geographical and Political Aspects of Mursilis' Arzawan Campaign

Abstract

At the beginning of his reign, the Hittite king Mursilis II was confronted with widespread unrest amongst the territories subject to Hittite control. One of the early challenges to his authority came from Arzawa whose king Ukha-zitis defied an order to hand over rebels from Attarimma, Huwarsanassa, and Suruta who had sought refuge in his country. Mursilis answered this challenge by conducting in person a two-season military campaign against Arzawa, the details of which are recorded in the Annals for his third and fourth years. His personal intervention indicates the importance which he attached to this particular area, and there can be little doubt that Arzawa occupied a key position amongst Hittite holdings in the south west of Asia Minor in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.

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