Arnuwandas III | Hittite king | Britannica (original) (raw)

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conquest of Arzawa

• In Arzawa
  …reign of the Hittite king Arnuwandas III (1220–1190 bc), Arzawa was seized by a disloyal Hittite vassal, Madduwattas; it was never recaptured by the Hittites and gradually lost its political identity.
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history of Hittite kingdom

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  In Anatolia: The Hittite empire to c. 1180 bce
  Little is known about Arnuwandas III and Suppiluliumas II, who succeeded Tudhaliyas, and these final episodes in the saga of Hittite history are difficult to reconstruct. To the latter reign can be dated a maritime expedition, perhaps involving Cyprus, and the earliest Hieroglyphic Hittite inscriptions of any length. The…
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succession of Mursilis II

• In Mursilis II
  …reign of his older brother Arnuwandas III. Mursilis renewed the allegiance of North Syria, particularly Carchemish (controlled by his brother Shar-Kushukh) and the kingdom of Amurru; he also conducted a successful campaign against the western kingdom of Arzawa, one of the main threats to the Hittite realm. Chronic trouble with…
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