Hilakku
Sign in to saveḪilakku (), later known as Pirindu ( and ), was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
- Ḫilakku
- Pirindu
- Geography
- Location
- Neighbours
- Cities
- History
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Kingdom of Ḫilakku
- Between Assyria and Phrygia
- As part of Bīt-Burutaš
- Regained independence
- Cimmerian invasions
- The 6th century BC
- Campaign of Neriglissar
- Submission to the Achaemenid Empire
- End
- Legacy
- Society and culture
- Population
- Phrygian influence
- Greek and Phoenician colonisation
- Administrative structure
- List of rulers
- References
- Sources
Ḫilakku (), later known as Pirindu ( and ), was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.
==Name== ===Ḫilakku=== The native name of this kingdom is still unknown due to a lack of Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions from it during the Iron Age, although it has been tentatively identified with: the country of () mentioned in the texts of the Hittite Empire; the land of () referred to in Melidian inscriptions; and the country of () mentioned in the records of Ḫalparuntiyas I of Gurgum.
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