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Suppiluliuma II was a historical figure born in 1300 BCE and died in 1200 BCE. The subject is associated with five works.
In a separate context, a musical group named Suppiluliuma II is identified as a heavy metal act from Japan. This group is referenced by 83 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Predecessor
- Arnuwanda III
- Successor
- Tudḫaliya V (?)
- Father
- Tudḫaliya IV
- Mother
- Unknown
- Religion
- Hittite religion
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Tudhaliya IV
- Sibling
- Arnuwanda III
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Image
- Hattusa.king.jpg
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- Commons category
- Suppiluliuma II
- date of birth
- 1300-01-01
- date of death
- 1200-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Šuppiluliuma II (/ˌsʌpɪlʌliˈuːmə/), the son of Tudḫaliya IV, was the last certain great king of the New Kingdom of the Hittite Empire, contemporary with Tukulti-Ninurta I of the Middle Assyrian Empire. His reign began around 1207 BC and ended at an unknown later date.
His name is usually spelled Šuppiluliama in contemporary primary sources, though modern scholars generally adopt the spelling used by his ancestor Šuppiluliuma I.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suppiluliuma II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.