Melid region
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The Melid region was an ancient area of Anatolia centered around the city of Melid (Malatya), known as a significant Late Bronze and Iron Age center influenced by Hittite and later Neo-Hittite (Luwian) culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melid region canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Anatolian region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPeriod |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Arslantepe VIA
ⓘ
surface form:
Arslantepe
|
| centeredOn |
Malatya Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Malatya
Melid ⓘ |
| culture |
Hittite Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite culture
Luwians ⓘ
surface form:
Luwian culture
Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Hittite culture
|
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Malatya Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Malatya
Melid ⓘ |
| hasNearbyModernCity |
Malatya Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Malatya
|
| hasTypeOfPolity |
Neo-Hittite states
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Hittite kingdom
city-state ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCenter |
Arslantepe VIA
ⓘ
surface form:
Arslantepe mound
Melid ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hittite Empire
ⓘ
Luwian polities ⓘ
surface form:
Luwian-speaking polities
|
| knownFor |
Iron Age urban center
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age urban center ⓘ Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Hittite kingdom
|
| languageFamily | Luwian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Euphrates region
|
| modernCountry | Turkey ⓘ |
| modernLocation | Malatya Province ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iron Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Iron Age Near East
Late Bronze Age Near East ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
independent Neo-Hittite kingdom
ⓘ
vassal of Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| predecessorCulture | Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| regionNameDerivedFrom | city of Melid ⓘ |
| regionType | Syro-Anatolian city-state region ⓘ |
| religion |
Anatolian paganism
ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite religion
Anatolian paganism ⓘ
surface form:
Luwian religion
|
| situatedOn |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River
|
| strategicRole | control of Upper Euphrates routes ⓘ |
| successorCulture | Neo-Hittite states ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Hieroglyphic Luwian
ⓘ
cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.