Kurunta
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Kurunta was a Hittite ruler who was installed as the Great King of a state centered in Tarhuntassa, likely southwest of Konya. This position granted him equal status to the ruler of Carchemish and served as a base for operations further west. He was a son of Muwatallis and his reign is mentioned in a treaty with his cousin Tudhaliyas IV, though he may have later rebelled. The Hittite empire, which flourished between approximately 1350 and 1180 BCE, utilized cuneiform script for its administrative, religious, and historical texts.12
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