Uhha-Ziti was the last independent king of

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, a

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kingdom of western

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. Uhha-Ziti had two recorded children,

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and Tapalazunauli, who were of fighting age as of 1322 BC. The Hittite king Mursili II in his second campaign season, 1322 BC, attacked Attarimma, Hu asanassa, and Suruda on Arzawa's border. Their leaders fled to Arzawa. When the king demanded their extradition, Uhha-Ziti defied him and called him a "child". He also managed to enlist

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of the Seha River Land, but not Maskhuiluwa of

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. Mursili put down a Kaska

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, and invaded Arzawa. Uhha-Ziti at this time had made his base at

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. During Mursili's march, a

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struck Apasa and wounded Uhha-Ziti, as recorded in the Annals of Mursili II:

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. All of my troops saw the thunderbolt. All the land of Arzawa saw the thunderbolt. The thunderbolt passed (us) and struck the land of Arzawa. It struck Uḫḫa-Ziti’s (capital) city Apaša. It settled in Uḫḫa-Ziti’s knees, and he became ill."{{cite web , url=http://www.hittites.info/history.aspx?text=history%2fEarly+Late+Empire.htm#Mursili2 , title= Hittites.info - hittites Resources and Information, website=www.hittites.info , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729052029/http://www.hittites.info/history.aspx?text=history%2FEarly+Late+Empire.htm#Mursili2 , archive-date=2013-07-29

In his wounded state, Uhha-Ziti could no longer lead the charge; therefore, having allied with the King of Ahhiuwa (most probably

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)—the first time the "Ahhiya" are recorded with a monarch- he ordered Piyama-Kurunta to take the field at Walma by the

Astarpa The Astarpa River (possibly the modern Meander River, Turkey) is a river in western Anatolia mentioned in Hittites records of the 14th century BC. The annals of Mursili II record that in the 3rd year of his reign, which would be 7 years prior to ...

river. Piyama-Kurunta lost the battle, and Uhha-Ziti and his sons fled to the nearby Ahhiuwa-controlled islands. Uhha-Ziti died while Mursili was besieging the men of Attarimma, Hu asanassa, and Suruda at Puranda.

References

External links

The Arzawa Page

Translations

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