- Hattusili I
Labarna II was the first king of the
Hittite empire to reign fromHattusa (while the earlier kings had been atNeša ), taking the throne name of Hattusili I on that occasion. He reigned ca. 1586–1556 BC (short chronology ).He is the earliest Hittite ruler for whom contemporary records have been found. In addition to "King of Hattusa", he took the title "Man of Kushara", a reference to the prehistoric capital and home of the Hittites, before they had occupied Neša. A cuneiform tablet found in 1957 written in both the Hittite and the
Akkadian language provides details of six years of his reign.In it, he claims to have extended Hittite domain to the sea, and in the second year, to have subdued
Alalakh and other cities in Syria. In the third year, he campaigned againstArzawa in western Anatolia, then returned to Syria to spend the next three years retaking his former conquests from theHurrians , who had occupied them in his absence.He built a hill
citadel atHattusa (modernBoghazkoy ).ee also
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History of the Hittites External links
* [http://www.hittites.info/history.aspx?text=history%2fEarly+Empire.htm#Hattusili1 Reign of Hattusili I]
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