Arnuwanda III.
Arnuwanda III. († after 1220/15 BC) was a Hittite great king.
Life
Arnuwanda was a son of Tudḫaliyas IV. When this about 1220/1215 BC. Died, Arnuwanda became great king, but died after probably only a short reign. The sources report that the people of the land of Ḫattuša rose up against him. Thereupon his brother Šuppiluliuma became great king. Nothing is known about the further circumstances of the uprising, with the exception of the fact that Arnuwanda - in which way is not mentioned - died. Suppiluliuma asked everywhere, presumably to justify himself, whether there was a woman who was pregnant by Arnuwanda. But no one was found.
family tree
The following family tree was created after publications by Volkert Haas and Jörg Klinger .
literature
- Birgit Brandau, Hartmut Schickert: Hittites. The unknown world power. Piper, ISBN 3-492-23978-1
Individual evidence
- ^ Jörg Klinger: Die Hittiter, Verlag CH Beck oHG; munich 2007, p. 144 gives approx. 1220 BC. Chr.
- ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-018877-6 , page 91.
- ↑ Jörg Klinger: The Hittites. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-53625-0
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SURNAME | Arnuwanda III. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hittite great king |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1220/1215 BC Chr. |