Tuwatis
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Tuwatis was the king of Tabal, a region in ancient Anatolia that roughly corresponded to the Hittite Lower Land, encompassing Lycaonia and Cappadocia. During the 9th century BCE, Tabal was a significant neo-Hittite state, with Tuwatis ruling over at least 20 vassal kings. This period saw renewed Assyrian expansion into the west, and while Assyrian influence threatened the independence of states like Tabal, it may have also stimulated their internal development. Tabal, along with other Luwian and Aramaean states, faced pressure from both Assyria and the rising power of Urartu in the 8th century BCE.1
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