Kammanu
Sign in to saveKammanu (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒄰𒈠𒉡, KUR kam-ma-nu) or Malizi (Luwian: 𔒃𔒗𔖩, MAx.LIx-zi) was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state in a plateau (Malatya Plain) to the north of the Taurus Mountains and to the west of Euphrates river in the late 2nd millennium BC, formed from part of Kizzuwatna after the collapse of the Hittite Empire. Its principal city was Melid.
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Sources
- Early history
- Hurrian and Hittite periods
- Independent Neo-Hittite kingdom
- Malizi
- Rulers
- References
- See also
Kammanu (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒄰𒈠𒉡, KUR kam-ma-nu) or Malizi (Luwian: 𔒃𔒗𔖩, MAx.LIx-zi) was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state in a plateau (Malatya Plain) to the north of the Taurus Mountains and to the west of Euphrates river in the late 2nd millennium BC, formed from part of Kizzuwatna after the collapse of the Hittite Empire. Its principal city was Melid.
== History ==
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