Hilakku

Hilakku was one of the Neo-Hittite states during the Iron Age in southern Anatolia during the 1st millennium BC.[1]

Hilakku

Unknown–713 BC
(K)Hilakku among the Neo-Hittite states
Common languagesLuwian
Religion
Luwian religion
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraIron Age
• Established
Unknown
• Disestablished
713 BC
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Hittite empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Today part of Turkey

Hilakku was north of the Neo-Hittite state of Tabal, west of Que, and north of the Mediterranean sea. It covered the land of Cilicia Tracheia, (Latin Aspera) of the Classical age,[2] otherwise known as 'Rough Cilicia'. It was also within the south-eastern frontiers of the Hittite appanage domain of Tarhuntassa.[3]

See also

References
  1. Trevor Bryce, The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia,Routledge, Oxon, 2011, page.309,
  2. Trevor Bryce, The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia,Routledge, Oxon, 2011, page 584,
  3. Trevor Bryce, The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2012; page 38

Sources

Trevor Bryce, The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia,Routledge, Oxon, 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-69261-8

Trevor Bryce, The Kingdom of Hittites,Oxford University Press, New York, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-928132-9

Trevor Bryce, The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-921872-1

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