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    boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Wilusa (Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanized: ᵁᴿᵁ Wiluša) or Wilusiya was a Late Bronze Age city in western...
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    (Ancient Greek: Ίλιον, romanized: Ī́lion, Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanized: Wiluša) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlık (near Tevfikiye), Turkey...
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    Alaksandu (category Kings of Wilusa)
    Piyama-Radu Hittite treaty between Muwattalli II of Hatti and Alakšandu of Wiluša. Found in Bogazköy. Acquisition date: 1913. British Museum BM 1913,1011...
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    Historicity of the Iliad (category Wilusa)
    The subsequent excavation of Troy VIIa and the discovery of the toponym "Wilusa" in cuneiform Hittite correspondence has made it plausible that the Trojan...
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    confederation made of 22 cities and countries which included the city of Wilusa (Ilios or Ilium). The Milawata letter implies this city lies on the north...
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    other gods. The god seems to be related to Appaliunas, a tutelary god of Wilusa (Troy) in Asia Minor, but the word is not complete. The stones found in...
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    BCE) The walls of Troy VII/Wilusa are constructed. Seti I, pharaoh of Egypt (1290 BC–1279 BC) (19th Dynasty) Alaksandu of Wilusa, some believe would be the...
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  • of a god, attested in a Hittite language treaty as a protective deity of Wilusa. Apaliunas is considered to be the Hittite reflex of *Apeljōn, an early...
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    Miletus (Millawanda) was under his control. It also refers to an earlier "Wilusa episode" involving hostility on the part of Ahhiyawa. Ahhiya(wa) has been...
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    Manapa-Tarhunta letter Milawata letter Tawagalawa letter Trojan language Wilusa See also: Historicity of the Iliad Related topics Bronze Age Collapse Euhemerism...
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    tablet and in his discussion of the restored letter showed that Taruiša and Wiluša (Troy) were correctly placed in northwestern Anatolia. Greek settlements...
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    Hattians Kussara Kanesh Purushanda Pala (Anatolia) Third Eblaite Kingdom Kizzuwatna Assuwa Arzawa Wilusa Alashiya...
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    the historical figure of Piyama-Radu, a warlord active in the vicinity of Wilusa. However, this identification is disputed, and is highly unlikely, given...
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    Manapa-Tarhunta letter Milawata letter Tawagalawa letter Trojan language Wilusa See also: Historicity of the Iliad Related topics Bronze Age Collapse Euhemerism...
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    was spoken across a large area of western Anatolia, including (possibly) Wilusa (Troy), the Seha River Land (to be identified with the Hermos and/or Kaikos...
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    Manapa-Tarhunta letter Milawata letter Tawagalawa letter Trojan language Wilusa See also: Historicity of the Iliad Related topics Bronze Age Collapse Euhemerism...
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    Seha River Land (category Wilusa)
    Hittite texts. Part of Arzawa, it was located north of Mira and south of Wilusa, and at one point controlled the island of Lazpa. The Seha River Land was...
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    Alaksandu, alternatively called Alakasandu or Alaksandus, was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with the Hittite king Muwatalli II ca. 1280 BC; this...
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  • Dardanelles, north-eastern Turkey Truva Troia (Τροία), Ilion (Ἴλιον), Īlium, Wilusa, Truwisa, Hisarlık Tylissos Crete, Greece Tyras Ukrainian Black Sea coast...
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    Paris featured as an Epic Archer. List of children of Priam Alaksandu of Wilusa, a 13th-century BC Anatolian king who has been associated with Paris E....
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  • Geographic and linguistic evidence suggests that it corresponds to the city of Wilusa known from Hittite texts. Its archaeological sublayers Troy VIh and Troy...
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    Sapinuwa Yazilikaya Alaca Höyük Maşat Höyük Alishar Hüyük Hattusa Ilios (Wilusa, Ilion, Troas, Troy) Kanesh (Nesa, Kültepe) Arslantepe (Malatya) Çayönü...
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    Piyama-Radu caused major unrest which may have extended to the region of Wilusa, and later invaded the island of Lesbos, which then passed into Ahhiyawan...
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  • inscriptions using digamma. It is also confirmed by the Hittite name of Troy, Wilusa, corresponding to the Greek name *Wilion, classical Ilion (Ilium). The /w/...
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  • is of particular interest since his area of activity may have included Wilusa, thus suggesting a potential connection to the myth of the Trojan War. The...
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    or Arzawa Proper, while the other Arzawa lands included Mira, Hapalla, Wilusa, and the Seha River Land. Arzawa is known from contemporary texts documenting...
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    Manapa-Tarhunta letter Milawata letter Tawagalawa letter Trojan language Wilusa See also: Historicity of the Iliad Related topics Bronze Age Collapse Euhemerism...
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  • Walmu (category Wilusa)
    Asia portal Walmu was a king of Wilusa in the late 13th century BC. He is known from the Milawata letter, which reports that he had been deposed and discusses...
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    Age and for its mention of a prior disagreement concerning a city called Wilusa, generally identified with the archaeological site of Troy. The Tawagalawa...
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  • Anatolia. Asia portal Arzawa Ancient regions of Anatolia Seha River Land Wilusa Collins, Billie Jean; Bachvarova, Mary R.; Rutherford, Ian (28 March 2010)...
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