The language spoken in Arzawa during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age was Luwian, a member of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European family. In the oldest texts, eg. the Hittite Code, the area of Arzawa, together with Kizzuwatna, was named Luwia.

The height of the kingdom was in the 15th and 14th century BC. The Hittites were then weakened, and Arzawa was an ally of Egypt, as recorded in the Amarna letters. The Hittite kings Suppiluliuma I and Mursili II, however, finally managed to defeat Arzawa, which was split into vassal kingdoms called Mira, Seha and Hanballa. Independent "Neo-Hittite" states re-emerged in the region after the collapse of the Hittite Empire from the 12th century.

Kings of Arzawa in the 14th century

• Kupanta-Kurunta
• Madduwatta of Zippasla (conquered Arzawa, may or may not have been king of Arzawa)
• Tarhundaradu
• Anzapahhadu
• Uhhazidi or Uhha-Ziti - defeated by Mursili II around 1320 BCE

See also

• Lukka
• History of the Hittites

References

• Melchert, H. Craig (ed.) (2003). The Luwians. Leiden: Brill

External links

• "The Arzawa Page"
• Catalog of Hittite Texts
• Map of Trojan war region.