Suppiluliuma I

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Suppiluliuma I was a powerful 14th-century BCE Hittite king who greatly expanded the empire through successful military campaigns and diplomatic maneuvering.

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Suppiluliuma I canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite king
ancient Near Eastern ruler
monarch
battle campaigns against Mitanni
campaigns in Syria and Canaan
capital Boğazköy (Hattusa)
surface form: Hattusa
causeOfDeath plague
century 14th century BCE
child Arnuwanda II
Mursili II
Piyassili
Telipinu (priest)
Zannanza
country Hittite Empire
era Late Bronze Age
ethnicGroup Hittite (Nesite)
surface form: Hittites
father Tudhaliya II
foreignRelations Assyria
Babylon
surface form: Babylonia

Egypt
Mitanni
Aramean kingdoms
surface form: Syrian city-states
historicalReputation one of the greatest Hittite kings
knownFor defeat of the Mitanni kingdom
diplomatic maneuvering with Egypt and Mitanni
establishing Hittite dominance in northern Syria
expansion of the Hittite Empire
military campaigns in Syria
notableEvent intervention in the Egyptian succession crisis after the death of Tutankhamun
plague outbreak in Hatti following prisoners taken from Egypt and Syria
sending his son Zannanza to Egypt to marry an Egyptian queen (Dakhamunzu letter episode)
policy aggressive territorial expansion
installation of his sons as viceroys in conquered territories
use of vassal treaties
positionHeld King of the Hittites
predecessor Tudhaliya II
region Anatolia
reignEnd c. 1322 BCE
reignStart c. 1344 BCE
religion Anatolian paganism
surface form: Hittite religion
residence Boğazköy (Hattusa)
surface form: Hattusa
source Hittite diplomatic correspondence
Hittite archives
surface form: Hittite royal annals
spouse Henti
successor Arnuwanda II
Mursili II
viceroyAppointed Piyassili as viceroy in Carchemish
a son as viceroy in Aleppo

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Hittite Empire peakUnder Suppiluliuma I
Mursili II father Suppiluliuma I