Luwian polities

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Bronze Age culture Iron Age culture ancient Anatolian polities historical civilization

Luwian polities were ancient Anatolian city-states and kingdoms in what is now Turkey and northern Syria, known for their use of the Luwian language and hieroglyphic script during the Bronze and early Iron Ages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Neo-Hittite states 2
Syro-Hittite states 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture ⓘ
Iron Age culture ⓘ
ancient Anatolian polities ⓘ
historical civilization ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceType city fortifications ⓘ
inscribed stone monuments ⓘ
palatial architecture ⓘ
temple remains ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo Aramaean states ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ
culturalRegion Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
Syro-Anatolian region ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
engagedIn diplomatic relations with neighboring states ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
warfare with Assyria ⓘ
ethnoLinguisticGroup Luwians ⓘ
flourishedAfter collapse of Hittite Empire ⓘ
hadRulingElite Luwian-speaking aristocracy ⓘ
hadRulingTitle king ⓘ
knownFrom Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
archaeological excavations ⓘ
cuneiform texts ⓘ
hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions ⓘ
languageFamily Anatolian languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
southern Anatolia ⓘ
Anatolian coast ⓘ
surface form: western Anatolia
locatedInPresentDay Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
partOf Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East
politicalStructure city-state ⓘ
kingdom ⓘ
regionIncluded Carchemish area ⓘ
Cilicia ⓘ
Melid region ⓘ
religion Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
sharedPantheonWith Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittites
timePeriod Early Iron Age ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
usedLanguage Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Luwian language
usedScript Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Luwian hieroglyphic script

cuneiform script ⓘ
writingSystemType logographic script ⓘ
syllabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Hittite Empire → influenced → Luwian polities ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Hittite states
Anatolian languages → spokenIn → Luwian polities ⓘ
Hittite Empire → successor → Luwian polities ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Hittite states
Hittite Empire → successor → Luwian polities ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syro-Hittite states