Chapter 42: The Kingdom of the Hittites
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In that year, Tylipinus, the brother-in-law of Huziya I, usurped the Hittite throne and established the Hittite kingdom.
Telipinus, reigned: years. It is also translated as Tieleping.
After the death of Murhili I in a palace coup, the Hittites entered an era of great upheaval, and the usurpation of the throne continued. By the end of the Old Kingdom and the time Telipinus became Hittite king, the Hittite rule had shrunk to a narrow strip of land in the middle of the Anatolian Plateau.
During the time of Telipinus, it allied with the Julian state of Kizuvatna and fought against Mitanni, another Julian state to the southeast, and won several battles.
Telipinus succeeded in gaining the support of the Hittite elders and became the true king.
After gaining support, King Telipinus carried out political reforms. Previously, the Hittite state was jointly governed by the Council of Pencus (a meeting of citizens), the Council of Turians (a council of nobles), and the king. Both councils had the power to decide on the succession to the throne and also administer matters such as justice. The question of succession to the throne often causes political confusion.
Telepinus established the principle of succession to the throne, that is, the eldest son should inherit the throne first, the eldest son should inherit the throne if he was not alive, the second son should succeed, and so on, and if there was no prince to succeed, let the eldest daughter choose her husband as king. The question of fighting and killing within the royal family was also resolved, and the intra-royal dispute was decided by the Council of Pencus, and the king was not allowed to kill his brothers and sisters at will, and if he was found guilty, he was held accountable, and his family members were not allowed to be confiscated. As a result of the reforms, the Hittite kingship was consolidated and the kingdom grew stronger.
Tahurwairi, reigned: years.
In that year, Tahurwaili staged a palace coup d'état and usurped the Hittite throne, becoming the second king of the Hittite kingdom.
Although Telepinus established the principle of succession to the throne, he himself was overthrown by a palace coup. But unlike before, its political reforms still worked, and Telipinus did not implicate his family because of the coup, and the royal family did not have a major upheaval, which was conducive to the continued strength of the Hittite state. But it also leaves a hidden danger for Tahurwairi's rule.
Aruvana, reigned: years.
In that year, Telipinus's son-in-law, Aruvanna, staged a palace coup d'état and seized the Hittite throne, becoming the third king of the Hittite kingdom, bringing the Hittite kingdom back to the lineage of the Telipinus family.
Hentilly II, reign: year.
Aruvana's son, Khattili II, succeeded to the Hittite throne and was the fourth king of the Hittite kingdom.
Zdanta II, reigned in years.
In the year, Khantili II's son, Zdantha II, succeeded to the Hittite throne and was the fifth king of the Hittite kingdom.
Huzyya II, reign: year.
In the year, Zdanta II's son Huziya II succeeded to the Hittite throne and was the sixth king of the Hittite kingdom.
Muvatari I, reigned: year.
In that year, Muwatari I staged a palace coup d'état, killed Huziya II, and seized the Hittite throne, becoming the seventh king of the Hittite kingdom.
Muattari I also died in a palace coup.
The Hittite kingdom went through a total of 7 kings and years.
> the kingdom of Mitanni
The kingdom of Mitanni was called Marjanu, Nahrion or Mitanni by the Egyptians, Hurui by the Hittites, and Hanigalbat by the Assyrians. The different names seem to refer to the same kingdom and are used interchangeably.
In the same time, Assyria was in decline, and the Hittite king Murshili I fell into a power vacuum in southeastern Asia Minor, northwestern Mesopotamia, and northeastern Syria. And Gasit has not had time to fill this vacancy for the time being.
It was at this favorable time that the city-states of Julian absorbed some of the Amorites and unified them into the Kingdom of Mitanni, which grew rapidly and became a regional power as soon as it was established.
The Mitanni Kingdom, founded by the Julians, rose in the area of Lake Van in the Armenian Mountains in the southeast of the Asia Minor Peninsula and gradually expanded its power to northern Mesopotamia and Syria, making it a barbaric and powerful state.
The center of the Mitanni kingdom's rule, which stretched from the northern Mesopotamian plain to the southeastern part of the peninsula of Asia Minor (Anatolia), first appeared on the historical stage of the Near East as a Kashitic Babylonian invader.
At its broadest, the kingdom of Mitanni controlled Araraq in Canaan and Katna in Syria in the west, Nuz and Arafa in the east, and Assyria.
The Mitanni controlled the trade routes from Habur to Mari and from the upper Euphrates to Calchemesh. For a time, they also controlled the upper Tigris and the Tigris headwaters of Nineveh, Albil and Nuzi (Kirkuk).
Mitanni's allies include Kizuvatna in southeastern Anatolia, Mukish on the west bank of the Orentes River between Ugarat and Kuvatena, and control the Nya> on the east bank of the Orentes River from Araraq through Aleppo, Ebra, and Hammaha to Kuvatena and Kadesh