Tudhaliya IV

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Tudhaliya IV was a late 13th-century BCE Hittite king known for his extensive building projects, religious reforms, and efforts to maintain the empire amid growing internal and external pressures.

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Tudhaliya IV canonical 16

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite king ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Yazilikaya relief procession of gods ⓘ
attempted to maintain control over western Anatolia ⓘ
to stabilize frontiers against Assyria ⓘ
burialPlace Hattusa (probable) ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 13th century BCE ⓘ
commissioned rock sanctuary reliefs at Yazilikaya ⓘ
conflict Ahhiyawa ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Kaska ⓘ
Tarhuntassa ⓘ
country Hittite Empire ⓘ
dynasty Hittite New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: New Hittite period
era Late Bronze Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hittites ⓘ
father Hattusili III ⓘ
implemented dam construction in central Anatolia ⓘ
water reservoir projects near Hattusa ⓘ
knownFor efforts to maintain the Hittite Empire under internal and external pressure ⓘ
extensive building projects ⓘ
large-scale water management works ⓘ
religious reforms ⓘ
reorganization of the Hittite pantheon ⓘ
sanctuary construction at Yazilikaya ⓘ
language Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Hittite language
mother Puduhepa ⓘ
notableProject construction at the sacred city of Nerik ⓘ
expansion of cult sites in central Anatolia ⓘ
rebuilding and embellishment of Hattusa ⓘ
patronOf sanctuary of Yazilikaya ⓘ
performed religious reforms in favor of the Storm-god of Nerik ⓘ
policy centralization of royal cult ⓘ
strengthening of royal authority through religion ⓘ
positionHeld Great King of Hatti ⓘ
predecessor Hattusili III ⓘ
reignEnd c. 1209 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 1237 BCE ⓘ
relative Arnuwanda III ⓘ
Tudhaliya the Younger (prince) ⓘ
religion Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology
residence Hattusa ⓘ
signedTreatyWith Kurunta of Tarhuntassa ⓘ
linked to: Kurunta

Shaushgamuwa of Amurru ⓘ
sourceOfInformation Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives

inscriptions at Yazilikaya ⓘ
spouse Nikalmati ⓘ
linked to: Nikkalmati
successor Arnuwanda III ⓘ
title Great King ⓘ
Labarna ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Hattusili III → child → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Hattusili III → successor → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Suppiluliuma II → predecessor → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Maathorneferure → relative → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
House of Suppiluliuma → hasMember → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
House of Suppiluliuma → hasMonarch → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
New Hittite period → hasRuler → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Hittites → notableRuler → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite
Hittite kings → notableKing → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Hittites → notableRuler → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Puduhepa → motherOf → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
Suppiluliuma II → predecessor → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
subject linked to: Suppiluliuma
Suppiluliuma II → father → Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
subject linked to: Suppiluliuma