Gurgum
Sign in to saveGurgum was a Neo-Hittite state in Anatolia, known from the 10th to the 7th century BC. Its name is given as Gurgum in Assyrian sources, while its native name seems to have been Kurkuma for the reason that the capital of Gurgum—Marqas in Assyrian sources (today Maraş)—was named "the Kurkumaean city" (ku+ra/i-ku-ma-wa/i-ni-i-sà(URBS)) in local Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions.
Key facts
- Country.native_name
- Kurkuma
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Gurgum
- Country.common_name
- Gurgum
- Country.era
- Iron Age
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- Unknown
- Country.year_end
- 711 BC
- Country.p1
- Hittite empire
- Country.flag_p1
- Hittite KingdomsecXIV.png
- Country.s1
- Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Country.flag_s1
- Map of Assyria.png
- Country.image_map
- NeoHittiteStates.gif
- Country.image_map_caption
- Gurgum and its capital Marqas(i) among the Neo-Hittite states
- Country.capital
- Marqas(modern-day Kahramanmaraş, Turkey)
- Country.common_languages
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Country.religion
- Luwian religion
- Country.today
- Turkey
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Rulers{{sfnp|Bryce|2012|pages=125–128}}
- References
- Literature
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Gurgum was a Neo-Hittite state in Anatolia, known from the 10th to the 7th century BC. Its name is given as Gurgum in Assyrian sources, while its native name seems to have been Kurkuma for the reason that the capital of Gurgum—Marqas in Assyrian sources (today Maraş)—was named "the Kurkumaean city" (ku+ra/i-ku-ma-wa/i-ni-i-sà(URBS)) in local Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions.
== History ==
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