• Muršili III, also known as Urhi-Teshub, was a king of the Hittites who assumed the throne of the Hittite empire (New Kingdom) at Tarhuntassa upon his...
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  • queen Kali. Mursili II, (also spelled Mursilis II) was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (short chronology). Mursili III, also known...
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  • Mursili II (also spelled Mursilis II) was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) c. 1330–1295 BC (middle chronology) or 1321–1295 BC (short chronology)...
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    youngest of four children to the Hittite king Mursili II and queen Gassulawiya. According to Hattusili III himself, he was an ill and sickly child who was...
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  • Mursili I (also known as Mursilis; sometimes transcribed as Murshili) was a king of the Hittites c. 1620-1590 BC, as per the middle chronology, the most...
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    Muršili III and his uncle Ḫattušili III that occurred around 1267 BC. This struggle erupted into a civil war, which Ḫattušili went on to win. Muršili...
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    two children. One was Urhi-Teshup, who became king as Mursili III until his uncle Hattusili III deposed him. Another was Kurunta who became the vassal...
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    The "Apology" of Ḫattušili III indicates that his nephew and predecessor Muršili III reigned for 7 years. A text of Muršili II records an omen of the sun...
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    Šuppiluliuma II's enemy in Tarḫuntašša, if the Muršili in question could be equated with Muršili III (Urḫi-Teššub). Reasserting Hittite central control...
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    lack of evidence. Ḫattušili's wife was named Kadduši and his grandson was Muršili I, who succeeded him, having been chosen as heir instead of Ḫattušili's...
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    Hittite empire. Mursili III was a king of the Hittites for about seven years in 1282–1275 BC who was then overthrown by his uncle Hattusili III, who assumed...
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    Egyptian responded that the times of intrigue in support of Mursili III, had passed. Ḫattušili III wrote to Kadashman-Enlil II, Kassite king of Karduniaš (Babylon)...
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  • of Muršili III, nephew of Ḫattušili III, and cousin of Tudḫaliya IV. Kurunta was made king of the Land of Tarḫuntašša by his uncle Ḫattušili III. It...
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  • Asia minor – Mursili II, Ruler (c.1321–1295 BC, short chronology) Muwatalli II, Ruler (c.1295–1272 BC, short chronology) Mursili III a.k.a. Urhi-Teshub...
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    (2020): "...Recently, Forlanini proposed that the text’s author was not Muršili I but rather Ḫattušili I, who tells about the times of his predecessor...
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  • sets of kings on both sides, discerns three Tudḫaliyas as predecessors of Muršili II on his "cruciform seal," and argues that the Tudḫaliyas who engaged...
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  • lost all of its conquests, made in the former era under Hattusili I and Mursili I – to Arzawa in the West, Mitanni in the East, the Kaskians in the North...
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    Hantili was the royal cup-bearer to Mursili I, king of the Hittites. Hantili was married to Ḫarapšili, Mursili's sister. Around the year 1590 B.C., Hantili...
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    throne and ruled as king for seven years as Mursili III before being ousted by his uncle, Hattusili III after a brief civil war. In response to increasing...
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    evil by his own son, Muršili II. Šuppiluliuma's origins are unclear. A statement in the genealogy of his grandson Ḫattušili III was long taken to indicate...
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  • Arnuwanda III was the penultimate king of the Hittite empire (New Kingdom) c. 1215–1210 BC (middle chronology) or c. 1209–1207 BC (short chronology)....
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  • However she was reinstated during the reign of the following king, Mursili III. She came from a Hurrian background. Petropoulos, Elias K. (2021-10-22)...
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    king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom), and the younger son of Ḫattušili III. He reigned c. 1245–1215 BC (middle chronology) or c. 1237–1209 BC (short...
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  • sets of kings on both sides, discerns three Tudḫaliyas as ancestors of Muršili II on his “cruciform seal,” and argues that the Tudḫaliyas who engaged...
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  • the East bank of the Euphrates. When Ḫattusili III (r. c. 1267–1237 BC) ousted his nephew Muršili III and seized the Hittite throne, he had to be content...
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  • Kupanta-Kurunta apparently supported Hattusili III over Hattusili's nephew Urhi-Tessup, "Mursili III". After Hattusili attained the kingdom, Kupanta-Kurunta...
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  • Tudḫaliya III Tudḫaliya the Younger Šuppiluliuma I Arnuwanda II Muršili II Muwatalli II Muršili III Ḫattušili III Tudḫaliya IV Arnuwanda III Šuppiluliuma...
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    Tudḫaliya III Tudḫaliya the Younger Šuppiluliuma I Arnuwanda II Muršili II Muwatalli II Muršili III Ḫattušili III Tudḫaliya IV Arnuwanda III Šuppiluliuma...
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  • interlude between those of his father Šuppiluliuma I and younger brother Muršili II. Arnuwanda was the eldest surviving son of the Hittite great king Šuppiluliuma...
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  • territory. Muwatalli II's son Mursili III later moved the capital back to Hattusa. After Hattusili III deposed Mursili, the new king appointed Muwatalli's...
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