Luwian polities

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Luwian polities were ancient Anatolian city-states and kingdoms in what is now Turkey and northern Syria, known for their use of the Luwian language and hieroglyphic script during the Bronze and early Iron Ages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture
Iron Age culture
ancient Anatolian polities
historical civilization
archaeologicalEvidenceType city fortifications
inscribed stone monuments
palatial architecture
temple remains
culturallyRelatedTo Aramaean states
Hittite Empire
culturalRegion Neo-Hittite states
Syro-Anatolian region
economyBasedOn agriculture
animal husbandry
metalworking
engagedIn diplomatic relations with neighboring states
long-distance trade
warfare with Assyria
ethnoLinguisticGroup Luwians
flourishedAfter collapse of Hittite Empire
hadRulingElite Luwian-speaking aristocracy
hadRulingTitle king
knownFrom Assyrian royal inscriptions
archaeological excavations
cuneiform texts
hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions
languageFamily Anatolian languages
Indo-European languages
locatedIn Anatolia
northern Syria
southern Anatolia
western Anatolia
linked to: Anatolian coast
locatedInPresentDay Syria
Turkey
partOf Ancient Near East
politicalStructure city-state
kingdom
regionIncluded Carchemish area
Cilicia
Melid region
religion Anatolian polytheism
sharedPantheonWith Hittites
linked to: Hittite Empire
timePeriod Early Iron Age
Late Bronze Age
usedLanguage Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
usedScript Luwian hieroglyphic script
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian

cuneiform script
writingSystemType logographic script
syllabic script

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Anatolian languages spokenIn Luwian polities
Hittite Empire successor Neo-Hittite states
linked to: Luwian polities
Hittite Empire successor Syro-Hittite states
linked to: Luwian polities
Hittite Empire influenced Neo-Hittite states
linked to: Luwian polities
Melid region influencedBy Luwian-speaking polities
linked to: Luwian polities
Neo-Hittite states culture Luwian culture
linked to: Luwian polities
Neo-Hittite states scholarlyTerm Luwian-Aramaean kingdoms
linked to: Luwian polities
Syro-Anatolian region contains Luwian states
linked to: Luwian polities
Tabal region associatedWith Luwian principalities
subject linked to: Tabal region (probable)
linked to: Luwian polities