Neo-Hittite states

Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate, which is the only governorate that has no land borders with any foreign countries. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one of the four largest cities in Syria, alongside Damascus, Aleppo and Homs. Hama is known for its cheesemaking tradition, notably reflected in a signature local dessert Halawet el Jibn.

Carchemish ( or ), also spelled Karkemish (), was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires. Today it is on the frontier between Turkey and Syria.

successor states of the Hittite empire in the ancient Near East

archaeological site in Syria

ancient city in Syria

Zincirli Höyük is an archaeological site located in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of modern Turkey's Gaziantep Province. During its time under the control of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 700 BC) it was called, by them, '''Sam'al'''. It was founded at least as far back as the Early Bronze Age and thrived between 3000 and 2000 BC, and on the highest part of the upper mound was found a walled citadel of the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1600 BC).

archaeological site in Aleppo, Syria

archaeological site in Hatay, Turkey

former country

Gurgum was a Neo-Hittite state in Anatolia, known from the 10th to the 7th century BC. Its name is given as Gurgum in Assyrian sources, while its native name seems to have been Kurkuma for the reason that the capital of Gurgum—Marqas in Assyrian sources (today Maraş)—was named "the Kurkumaean city" (ku+ra/i-ku-ma-wa/i-ni-i-sà(URBS)) in local Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions.

ancient Aramaean stele

Ḫiyawa () or Adanawa () was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.

Kummuh was an Iron Age Neo-Hittite kingdom located on the west bank of the Upper Euphrates within the eastern loop of the river between Melid and Carchemish. Assyrian sources refer to both the land and its capital city by the same name. The city is identified with the classical-period Samosata (modern-day Samsat Höyük), which has now been flooded under the waters of a newly built dam. Urartian sources refer to it as Kummaha. The name is also attested in at least one local royal inscription dating to the 8th century BCE. Other places that are mentioned in historical sources as lying within Kumm

aramean kingdom in ancient near east (Syria, Arpad town)

former country

thumb|Tributary procession led by Qalparunda of the Land of Unqi, detail of the throne dais of Shalmaneser III, Iraq Museum Pattin (also known as Pattina, Patina, Unqu and Unqi), was an ancient Luwian Neo-Hittite state at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. It was known to the Assyrians as Unqi and Aramaeans as Unqu.

Palistin (or Walistin) was an early Neo-Hittite kingdom located in what is now northwestern Syria and the southeastern Turkish province of Hatay. Its existence was confirmed by the discovery of several inscriptions mentioning Taita, king of Palistin.

Ḫilakku (), later known as Pirindu ( and ), was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.

ancient Assyrian monument

Kammanu (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒄰𒈠𒉡, KUR kam-ma-nu) or Malizi (Luwian: 𔒃‎𔒗‎𔖩, MAx.LIx-zi) was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state in a plateau (Malatya Plain) to the north of the Taurus Mountains and to the west of Euphrates river in the late 2nd millennium BC, formed from part of Kizzuwatna after the collapse of the Hittite Empire. Its principal city was Melid.

thumb|Cappadocian Tributaries East Staircase of Apadana, commissioned by [[Darius the Great .]] The Leuco-Syrians or literally White Syrians ( or ), also known as Syrians ( or ), and Cappadocians () were an ancient people in central Anatolia during the period of Classical Antiquity. Until now, whether the White Syrians were a Semitic or Indo-European people, or neither, is unknown.

Luhuti, Lukhuti or '''Lu'ash''', was a Neo-Hittite region during the early 1st millennium BC, located in northern Syria, in an area that used to be called Nuhašše.