Ullama

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Central Anatolia during the kārum period

Ullama (also Ulama) was a city settlement whose location is believed to be near Aksaray or Acemhöyük in Turkey , the city was founded in the 18th century BC. Destroyed by the Hittite king Anitta , who also burned Ḫattuša . He cursed the cities for being overgrown with weeds and never to be colonized again. No new settlements are known of Ullama, while Ḫattuša later became the capital of the Hittite Empire.

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  1. Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion. Leiden, Cologne 1994, p. 540 online , ISBN 90-04-09799-6 (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Dept. 1, The Near and Middle East; Vol. 15)