#luwians

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Coverage of the various historical cultures, rulers, and states of the Near East

Arzawa appears to have been a large region which was composed of several principalities, emerging during the dark age of the sixteenth century BC from West Luwian-speaking Indo-European origins who were part of the South Indo-European group.

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Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas

Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a lost ancient kingdom dating to 1400 BC to 600 BC, which may have defeated Phr...

Besides being an awesome find, it is also pretty much exactly how exciting finds are made. Great story.

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🇬🇧 Luwians Indo-European-speaking people who appear to have established themselves in southwestern Anatolia by the late 3rd millennium BC; they were perhaps responsible for violent destruction levels in settlements such as Alaca Hüyük and Hisarlik. It has been suggested that these invaders in fact constituted the earliest wave of Hittites. The Luwian language at least seems to have survived well into the neo-Hittite phase, when one of its dialects was transcribed into the so-called Hittite hieroglyphs.

🇹🇷 Luviler Hint-Avrupa dili konuşan bir toplum, İ.Ö. 3000 yıllarında Bronz Çağında, yoğunlukla Güneybatı Anadolu kesminde yerleşim kurmuş ve kültürlerini geliştirmişlerdir. Alaca Höyük ve Hisarlık gibi yerleşim yerlerinde şiddetli yıkımlara sebep olmuş olabilirler. Bu işgalcilerin aslında Hititlerin en eski evresini oluşturdukları öne sürülür. Luvi dilinin kalıntılarının Hitit dilinde ve hiyerogliflerinde görüldüğü söylenebilir.

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Seal of Tarkummuwa, King of Mira, with inscriptions in Hittite cuneiform and hieroglyphic Luwian.