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Tudhaliya

Tudhaliya

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Tudhaliya is the name of several Hittite kings
  • Tudhaliya (also Tudhaliya I) is a hypothetic pre-Empire king of the Hittites
    Hittites
    The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia ca. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height ca...

    . He would have reigned in the late 17th century BC (short chronology). Forlanini (1993) conjectures that this king corresponds to the great-grandfather of Hattusili I
    Hattusili I
    Hattusili I was a king of the Hittite Old Kingdom. He reigned ca. 1586–1556 BC .He used the title of Labarna at the beginning of his reign...

    .

  • Tudhaliya I
    Tudhaliya I
    Tudhaliya I was a king of the Hittite empire ca. the early 14th century BC ....

    (also Tudhaliya II), ruled ca. 1430 to 1400 BC
  • Tudhaliya II
    Tudhaliya II
    Tudhaliya II was a king of the Hittite empire ca. 1360? – 1344 BC .The Hittite empire suffered serious losses of territory during Tudhaliya's reign, with even the capital itself being burnt down...

    (also Tudhaliya III), ruled ca.
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Tudhaliya is the name of several Hittite kings
  • Tudhaliya (also Tudhaliya I) is a hypothetic pre-Empire king of the Hittites
    Hittites
    The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia ca. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height ca...

    . He would have reigned in the late 17th century BC (short chronology). Forlanini (1993) conjectures that this king corresponds to the great-grandfather of Hattusili I
    Hattusili I
    Hattusili I was a king of the Hittite Old Kingdom. He reigned ca. 1586–1556 BC .He used the title of Labarna at the beginning of his reign...

    .

  • Tudhaliya I
    Tudhaliya I
    Tudhaliya I was a king of the Hittite empire ca. the early 14th century BC ....

    (also Tudhaliya II), ruled ca. 1430 to 1400 BC
  • Tudhaliya II
    Tudhaliya II
    Tudhaliya II was a king of the Hittite empire ca. 1360? – 1344 BC .The Hittite empire suffered serious losses of territory during Tudhaliya's reign, with even the capital itself being burnt down...

    (also Tudhaliya III), ruled ca. in the 1380s BC
  • Tudhaliya III
    Tudhaliya III
    Tudhaliya III was a short-lived king of the Hittite Empire ca. 1344 BC ; he may have been the son and successor of Hattusili II, however he is normally viewed as the son and immediate successor of Tudhaliya II . He is never explicitly known to have been king at all...

    (also "Tudhaliya the child") may have briefly ruled around 1358 BC.
  • Tudhaliya IV
    Tudhaliya IV
    Tudhaliya IV was a king of the Hittite empire , and the younger son of Hattusili III. He reigned ca. 1237 BCE–1209 BCE.Tudhaliya was likely born in his father's court in Hattusa, after his brother and crown prince Nerikkaili but still while their father was governing on his brother Muwatalli...

    ruled around 1237 BC.
  • Tudhaliya, Neo-Hittite
    Neo-Hittite
    The states that are called Neo-Hittite, or more recently Syro-Hittite, were Luwian, Aramaic and Phoenician-speaking political entities of Iron Age northern Syria and southern Anatolia that arose following the collapse of the Hittite Empire around 1180 BC and lasted until roughly 700 BC...

     king of Carchemish
    Carchemish
    Carchemish was an important ancient city of the Mitanni and Hittite empires, now on the frontier between Turkey and Syria. It was the location of an important battle between the Babylonians and Egyptians, mentioned in the Bible...

    , fl. ca. 1100 BC


Some biblical scholars
Biblical criticism
Biblical criticism is "the study and investigation of biblical writings that seeks to make discerning and discriminating judgments about these writings." It asks when and where a particular text originated; how, why, by whom, for whom, and in what circumstances it was produced; what influences were...

 suggested that Tidal, king of Nations, who is mentioned in the Book of Genesis 14 as having joined Chedorlaomer in attacking rebels in Canaan
Canaan
Canaan is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel and Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt...

 is based on one of the Tudhaliyas.

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