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Tyana, earlier known as Tuwana during the Iron Age, and Tūwanuwa during the Bronze Age, was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey.

Key facts

Ancient site.name
Tyana
Ancient site.image
Tyana,_Cappadocia,_Turkey_(23777549058).jpg
Ancient site.caption
Tyana, Cappadocia, Turkey
Ancient site.map_type
Turkey
Ancient site.relief
yes
Ancient site.location
Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Turkey
Ancient site.region
Cappadocia
Ancient site.type
Settlement
Ancient site.condition
In ruins
Former country.native_name
()
Former country.era
Iron Age
Former country.year_start
?
Former country.year_end
?
Former country.event_start
Late Bronze Age collapse
Former country.p1
Hittite empire
Former country.flag_p1
Hittite KingdomsecXIV.png
Former country.image_map
Estats neohitites i arameus a Síria al segle VIII aC.png
Former country.image_map_caption
Tuwana (in blue) among the Neo-Hittite states.

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Bor
Image
Tuwanuwa - Tyana - Kemerhisar.jpg
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Commons category
Tyana (Kemerhisar)
culture
Hittites
native label
Τύανα
located in/on physical feature
Central Anatolia Region
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Encyclopedic overview

27 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Surroundings
  • History
  • Bronze Age
  • Iron Age
  • Neo-Hittite Kingdom of Tuwana
  • Location
  • History
  • Submission to the Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • Imposition of Neo-Assyrian governorship
  • Regained independence
  • Society
  • Population
  • Religion
  • List of rulers
  • Achaemenid period
  • Hellenistic period
  • Roman period
  • Byzantine period
  • Modern period
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • References
  • Sources
  • Sources
  • External links

Tyana, earlier known as Tuwana during the Iron Age, and Tūwanuwa during the Bronze Age, was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey.

It was the capital of a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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