Hittite king Suppiluliuma I

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Hittite king Suppiluliuma I was a powerful 14th-century BCE ruler who greatly expanded the Hittite Empire through military campaigns and diplomatic maneuvering, making it a dominant power in the ancient Near East.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hittite king Suppiluliuma I canonical 2
reign of Suppiluliuma I 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite king ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern ruler ⓘ
blamedForSonDeath Egyptians ⓘ
campaignAgainst Carchemish (in context of Mitanni conflict) ⓘ
Egyptian vassal states in Syria ⓘ
Kadesh ⓘ
Mitanni ⓘ
capital Hattusa ⓘ
child Arnuwanda II ⓘ
Mursili II ⓘ
Piyassili (Šarri-Kušuḫ) ⓘ
linked to: Piyassili

Telipinu (priest of Kizzuwatna) ⓘ
linked to: Telipinu (priest)
conquered large parts of northern Syria ⓘ
deathApproximateDate early 14th century BCE ⓘ
deathCause plague ⓘ
dynasty Hittite New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: New Hittite period
era Late Bronze Age ⓘ
expandedEmpireTo Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
father Tudhaliya II ⓘ
historicalSignificance founder of Hittite imperial greatness in the New Kingdom period ⓘ
installedVassal Šattiwaza of Mitanni ⓘ
involvedInEvent Dakhamunzu affair ⓘ
kingdom Hittite Empire ⓘ
knownFor diplomatic maneuvering in the ancient Near East ⓘ
making the Hittite Empire a major power in the Near East ⓘ
military expansion of the Hittite Empire ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
mother Queen Daduhepa ⓘ
name Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
plagueLikelyOrigin Egyptian prisoners of war ⓘ
predecessor Tudhaliya II ⓘ
receivedLetterFrom Egyptian queen (Dakhamunzu, likely Ankhesenamun) ⓘ
linked to: Ankhesenamun
regionRuled Anatolia ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
reignApproximateDates c. 1344–1322 BCE ⓘ
c. 1350–1322 BCE ⓘ
reignCentury 14th century BCE ⓘ
religion Hittite polytheism ⓘ
retaliatedAgainst Egyptian vassal states in Syria after Zannanza’s death ⓘ
rival Egyptian New Kingdom ⓘ
sentSon Zannanza ⓘ
sonMissionPurpose to marry Egyptian queen and become king of Egypt ⓘ
sonZannanzaFate died en route to Egypt under unclear circumstances ⓘ
sourceMention Hittite annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
spouse Henti ⓘ
Tawananna (Hittite queen, later wife) ⓘ
successor Arnuwanda II ⓘ
title Great King ⓘ
Labarna (royal title) ⓘ
treatyWith Šattiwaza of Mitanni ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitanni → conflictWith → Hittite king Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Kizzuwatna → signedTreatyWith → Hittite king Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: Kizzuwatna (at times)
Tudhaliya II → successorEra → reign of Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
linked to: Hittite king Suppiluliuma I