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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Generate an image of Luwian polities (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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Referenced by (11)

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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
Anatolian Bronze Age cultures → hasPart → Luwian principalities ⓘ
linked to: Luwian polities
Que (Cilician kingdom) → partOf → Luwian states of Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Luwian polities