Musri
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Was a Syro-Hittite state (Luwian-, Aramaic- and Phoenician-speaking political entities in northern Syria and southern Anatolia that emerged after the collapse of the Hittite Empire).
Establishment
- January 1259 BC: Musri was a neo-Hittite kingdom in Iraqi Kurdistan. Its existence is confirmed by a military expedition of Assyrian king Salmanassar I in the region ca. 1260 BC.
Chronology
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1. Events
- January 1179 BC: Sam'al was a Neo-Hittite political entity that arose following the collapse of the Hittite Empire in around 1180 BC.
- January 1179 BC: Bit-Adini was a Neo-Hittite political entity that arose following the collapse of the Hittite Empire in around 1180 BC.
- January 1174 BC: While the Hittite empire fell to the Sea Peoples during the Bronze Age collapse, Carchemish survived the Sea Peoples' attacks to continue to be the capital of an important Neo-Hittite kingdom in the Iron Age, and a trading center. This powerful polity lasted from c.1175 BC.
- January 1108 BC: Palistin was one of the Syro-Hittite states that emerged in Syria after the Late Bronze Age collapse. It dates to at least the 11th century BC.
Disestablishment
- January 1075 BC: At the beginning of the first quarter of the 11th century, Tiglath-Pileser I campaigned against Musri.
Selected Sources
- Bunnens, Guy; Hawkins, J. D.; Leirens, I. A new Luwian stele and the cult of the storm-god at Til Barsib-Masuwari, 2006, p. 88-94. ISBN 9789042918177.