Campaigns of Šuppiluliuma I

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Chronology

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• January 1349 BC: After the Syrian Campaigns of King  Šuppiluliuma I (c. 1350 BC), Aleppo came under Hittite control.
• January 1349 BC: In his Syrian Campaigns, King  Šuppiluliuma I (c. 1350 BC) defeated King Tusratta of Mitanni, and the kingdom came under Hittite control.
• January 1349 BC: The Kingdom of Isuwa fell under Hittite rule.

1. Akhenaten´s Loss of control of Syrian states

During the kingdom of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten the influence of Egypt in Syria vanished.

• January 1351 BC: During the reign of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, Egypt was unable to oppose the rise of the Hittites, thus losing control of a series of vassal states of Asia Minor.

Selected Sources

• Burney, C. (2018): Historical Dictionary of the Hittites, Rowman & Littlefield, p.167
• Hoffner, H.A. (2009): Letters from the Hittite Kingdom, Society of Biblical Lit, p. 401