Kummuh
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Kummuh was an Iron Age Neo-Hittite kingdom located in southeastern Anatolia, known from Assyrian records as a regional political and cultural center.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iron Age polity
ⓘ
Neo-Hittite kingdom ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Samsat Höyük NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredInCentury | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | regional cultural center ⓘ |
| culture |
Luwian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neo-Hittite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ |
| event | became Assyrian vassal state ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
7th century BCE
ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Commagene (later classical name for region)
NERFINISHED
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Kummuhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Samosata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMonument |
fortified settlements
ⓘ
inscribed stelae ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Assyrian royal inscriptions
ⓘ
cuneiform sources ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Akkadian (in Assyrian records)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luwian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Upper Euphrates region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southeastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Sargon II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shalmaneser III NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiglath-pileser III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernLocation | near modern Samsat, Turkey ⓘ |
| neighboringEntity |
Assyria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carchemish NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurgum NERFINISHED ⓘ Melid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Syro-Anatolian cultural sphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
network of Syro-Hittite states ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | regional political center ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | monarchy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Hittite Empire (in regional control) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Syro-Hittite religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of Upper Euphrates routes ⓘ |
| successorState | Hellenistic Kingdom of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | post-Hittite period ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tabal region