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    Achaeans (Homer) (redirect from Ahhiyawa)
    collectively. The term "Achaean" is believed to be related to the Hittite term Ahhiyawa and the Egyptian term Ekwesh which appear in texts from the Late Bronze...
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    first proposed in 1924 by Emil Forrer, who also suggested that the name Ahhiyawa corresponds to the Homeric term for the Greeks, Achaeans. Forrer's work...
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    them, in particular in concert with Mycenaean Greece which corresponds to Ahhiyawa of the Hittite sources. During the Amarna Period, Arzawa had achieved sufficient...
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  • (ambiguous) letter says 'the king of Ahhiyawa withdrew or retreated' or someone 'relied on the king of Ahhiyawa', so the Mycenaean king was either leading...
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    The Ahhiyawa Texts. Society of Biblical Literature. pp. 1–6, 121. ISBN 978-1589832688. Beckman, Gary; Bryce, Trevor; Cline, Eric (2012). The Ahhiyawa Texts...
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    Homer to refer to Greeks as a whole, and may relate to the Hittite term Ahhiyawa, believed to refer to Mycenaean Greece or part of it. In the Classical...
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    Troy. The Tawagalawa letter was written by a Hittite king to a king of Ahhiyawa around 1250 BC. The author is generally identified as Hattusili III, though...
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    sphere of influence of Mycenaean Greece, which the Hittites referred to as Ahhiyawa.(pp 1–6)(pp 86, 181–182) Wilusa first appears in Hittite records around...
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    c. 1250 BC—Tawagalawa letter sent from a Hittite king to a king of the Ahhiyawa Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty. Sanchuniathon, Phoenician writer, is...
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  • letter does not specify how Walmu was deposed or who was responsible. Ahhiyawa Historicity of the Iliad Karabel relief Kings of Wilusa Seha River Land...
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    draft. The Indictment is notable for containing the earliest mention of Ahhiyawa, which it renders as "Ahhiya", as well as the name Attarissiya, one of...
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    (2012). The Ahhiyawa Texts. Society of Biblical Literature. p. 98. ISBN 978-1589832688. Kelder, Jorrit (2005). "The Chariots of Ahhiyawa" (PDF). Dacia...
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    we can say that the Ahhiyawa Problem/Question has been solved and answered after all, for there is now little doubt that Ahhiyawa was a reference by the...
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    Eric (2012). The Ahhiyawa Texts. Brill. pp. 69, 99. ISBN 978-1589832688. Beckman, Gary; Bryce, Trevor; Cline, Eric (2012). The Ahhiyawa Texts. Brill. p...
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    Anax (section Ahhiyawa texts)
    importance, and was tasked with managing the rowers of Pylos in particular. The Ahhiyawa texts include correspondences between unnamed Mycenaean wánaxes and the...
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    its true nature is unknown. The Tawagalawa letter mentions a kingdom of Ahhiyawa (Achaea, or Greece) that lies beyond the sea (that would be the Aegean)...
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  • of a proxy war between the Hittites and the Ahhiyawa. Though the letter itself does not mention the Ahhiyawa, other texts such as the Tawagalawa letter...
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  • documents from the middle and late 13th century BC. As an ally of the Ahhiyawa, he led or supported insurrections against the Hittite empire in Western...
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    various references from c. 1400 BC to 1220 BC mention a country named Ahhiyawa. Recent scholarship, based on textual evidence, new interpretations of...
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    Trojan side: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Leto Scamander Zeus Historicity Ahhiyawa Alaksandu Archaeology of Troy Attarsiya Hisarlık Homeric Question Late...
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     117–120, 122, 126–130. Beckman, Gary; Bryce, Trevor; Cline, Eric (2012). The Ahhiyawa Texts. Brill. pp. 268–270. ISBN 978-1589832688. The archaeological and...
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    Retrieved 2007-02-21. Wagner, Ana. "Carolina Digital Repository – The Ahhiyawa Question: Providing Archaeological Evidence for the interconnection between...
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    unlikely, given that he was known in Hittite records as being an ally of the Ahhiyawa against Wilusa. A popular folk etymology derives the name from the Greek...
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    Trojan side: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Leto Scamander Zeus Historicity Ahhiyawa Alaksandu Archaeology of Troy Attarsiya Hisarlık Homeric Question Late...
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    of St. John. This was the period of the Mycenaean expansion, when the Ahhiyawa began settling in Asia Minor, a process that continued into the 13th century...
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    texts indicate the presence of Ahhiyawa, which began projecting power into Western Anatolia starting around 1400 BC. Ahhiyawa is generally accepted as a Hittite...
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    Trojan side: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Leto Scamander Zeus Historicity Ahhiyawa Alaksandu Archaeology of Troy Attarsiya Hisarlık Homeric Question Late...
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    light on the problem of determining the territories of ancient Arzawa and Ahhiyawa. The founding of Halicarnassus is debated among various traditions; but...
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  • even though the name is probably Greek (since the man is described as an Ahhiyawa) and related to Atreus, the person carrying the name is not necessarily...
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    Etymology Dictionary. Beckman, Gary; Bryce, Trevor; Cline, Eric (2012). The Ahhiyawa Texts. Society of Biblical Literature. pp. 140, 144. ISBN 978-1589832688...
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