Piyasilis
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Piyasilis was a king of Carchemish, an ancient city-state strategically located on the Euphrates River in what is now southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. He was the son of the Hittite king Suppiluliumas I and was installed as king of Carchemish around the 14th century BCE. Carchemish served as a buffer state for the Hittite empire against rivals like Assyria and Egypt. Piyasilis's reign was marked by Hittite expansion and consolidation of power in the region. He died of illness while with his brother, the Hittite king Mursilis II.12
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- Suppiluliumas I
…installed his sons Telipinus and Piyassilis as kings of Aleppo and Carchemish. In addition, Suppiluliumas concluded with Mattiwaza, son of the murdered Mitannian king Tushratta, a treaty of mutual assistance. A Mitannian buffer state was set up to shield the Hittite dominions in Syria from the growing Assyrian menace.
Read More…installed his sons Telipinus and Piyassilis as kings of Aleppo and Carchemish. In addition, Suppiluliumas concluded with Mattiwaza, son of the murdered Mitannian king Tushratta, a treaty of mutual assistance. A Mitannian buffer state was set up to shield the Hittite dominions in Syria from the growing Assyrian menace.
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AnatoliaThe Hittite empire to c. 1180 bce…was joined by his brother Piyasilis, king of Carchemish, who was taken ill and died; his death sparked off a revolt in Syria supported by Egypt and Assyria, but the appearance of the king himself at the head of his imperial army proved sufficient to suppress it. Mursilis reigned for…
Read More…was joined by his brother Piyasilis, king of Carchemish, who was taken ill and died; his death sparked off a revolt in Syria supported by Egypt and Assyria, but the appearance of the king himself at the head of his imperial army proved sufficient to suppress it. Mursilis reigned for…
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