Ankuwa was an ancient
Hattian and
Hittite settlement in central
Anatolia
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. Along with
Hattusa
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and
Katapa, it was one of the capitals from which the Hittite kings reigned during the year. Travelling from Hattusa, the royal entourage would arrive at
Imralla on the first night,
Hobigassa on the second, and Ankuwa on the third.
![Kultorte](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Kultorte.png)
The settlement has been linked to modern
Ankara
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for etymological reasons, but Hittite sources have been discovered to place the settlement along the southern bend of the Marrassandtiya River, the modern
Kızılırmak.
Alishar Hüyük has also been suggested as a location.
Sources
* "Ankuva." ''Reallexikon der Assyriologie.''
erman.
Hittite cities
Hattian cities