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Arzawa
Arzawa is a region or kingdom in what was later to be known as Lydia in Western Anatolia. It was a neighbour and sometimes vassal of the Hittites. The language spoken in Arzawa during the Bronze Age is believed to have been Luwian, a member of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European family. Arzawa has been suggested as the origin for the name of the continent Asia. However, Assuwa is a more likely source for the latter (Bossert, 1946).
External link
- Arzawa, to the west, throws light on Hittites
- Catalog of Hittite Texts
- Introduction to The Sunken Kingdom
References
- Bossert, Helmut T. (1946). Asia. Istanbul:
- Melchert, H. Craig (Ed.) (2003). The Luwians. Leiden: Brill
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