List of Hittite kings
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The dating and sequence of the '''[[Hittites|Hittite]] kings''' is compiled from fragmentary records, and all dates given here are approximate, relying on synchronisms with known [[chronology of the Ancient Near East|chronologies for neighbouring countries]]. Little is known of the rulers of the Middle Kingdom period. The sequence largely follows Bryce (1998)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Kingdom of the Hittites|first=Trevor|last=Bryce|authorlink=Trevor R. Bryce|isbn=978-0199240104|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998}}</ref>, but the [[short chronology]] is used. McMahan (1989) lists [[Hattusili II]] and [[Tudhaliya III]] in inverse order. Bryce, among others, does not distinguish a Middle Kingdom. Instead he ends the Old Kingdom with Muwatalli I and begins the New Kingdom with Tudhaliya I. Nor is Tudhaliya "the Younger" generally included in Hittite king lists, as he was assassinated upon the death of his father, Tudhaliya II.
====Hattic====
{{see|Hattians}}
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| [[Pamba (king)|Pamba]] || ca. early 22rd century BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || king of Hatti
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| [[Pithana]] || ca. 17th century BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || king of [[Kussara]], conqueror of [[Neša]]
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| [[Piyusti]] || ca. 17th century BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || king of Hatti, defeated by Anitta
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| [[Anitta]] || ca. 17th century BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || king of [[Kussara]], destroyer of [[Hattusa]]
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| ([[Tudhaliya]]) || ||
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| ([[PU-Sarruma]]) || ||
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====Old Kingdom====
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| [[Labarna I]] || || traditional founder, but may be legendary
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| [[Hattusili I]] a.k.a. [[Labarna II]] || ca. 1586 – 1556 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || perhaps the first ruler to reoccupy [[Hattusa]]
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| [[Mursili I]] || ca. 1556 – 1526 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || sacked Babylon, ca. 1531
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| [[Hantili I]] || ca. 1526 – 1496 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Zidanta I]] || ca. 1496 – 1486 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Ammuna]] || ca. 1486 – 1466 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Huzziya I]] || ca. 1466 – 1461 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Telepinu]] || ||
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====Middle Kingdom====
{{main|Hittite Middle Kingdom}}
Ruled ca. mid to late 15th century BC
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| [[Alluwamna]] || ||
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| [[Tahurwaili]] || ||
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| [[Hantili II]] || ||
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| [[Zidanta II]] || ||
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| [[Huzziya II]] || ||
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| [[Muwatalli I]] || ||
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====New Kingdom (Empire)====
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| [[Tudhaliya I]] || ||
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| [[Arnuwanda I]] || ||
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| [[Hattusili II]] (?) || || the existence of Hattusili II is disputed
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| [[Tudhaliya II]] ||style="white-space:nowrap;"| ca. 1360? – 1344 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Tudhaliya III]] "the Younger" || || eldest son of Tudhaliya II, assassinated upon his father's death, it's not known if he actually ruled or not. He was Suppiluliuma I's older brother
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| [[Suppiluliuma I]] || ca. 1344 – 1322 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || expanded the empire; mentioned in the [[Amarna letters]]
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| [[Arnuwanda II]] || ca. 1322 – 1321 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Mursili II]] || ca. 1321 – 1295 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Muwatalli II]] || ca. 1295 – 1272 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || [[Battle of Kadesh]], ca. 1274
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| [[Mursili III]] a.k.a. [[Urhi-Teshub]] || ca. 1272 – 1267 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Hattusili III]] || ca. 1267 – 1237 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || earliest extant international peace treaty, ca. 1258
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| [[Tudhaliya IV]] || ca. 1237 – 1209 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || his cousin [[Kurunta]] fl. ca. 1228/7; [[Battle of Nihriya]]
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| [[Arnuwanda III]] || ca. 1209 – 1207 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) ||
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| [[Suppiluliuma II]] || ca. 1207 – 1178 BC ([[short chronology|short]]) || fall of [[Hattusa]], ca. 1178
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==See also==
{{ANE portal}}
*[[History of the Hittites]]
==Notes==
<references/>
==References==
*McMahon, G., ''Hittite History'', Biblical Archaeologist 52 (1989), 62 - 77
==External links==
*[http://www.hittites.info Hittites.info]
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