Ḫiyawa
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Ḫiyawa was a Syro-Hittite Assyrian vassal state or province at various times from the 9th century BC to shortly after the death of Ashurbanipal around 627 BC in the lowland areas of eastern Cilicia corresponding to Classical Plain Cilicia, and the name of its capital city, tentatively identified with Adana, in modern Turkey.
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Adanawa/Ḫiyawa | |||||||||
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Unknown–at least 7th century BC | |||||||||
Capital | Adana | ||||||||
Common languages | Hieroglyphic Luwian | ||||||||
Religion | Luwian religion | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | Unknown | ||||||||
• Disestablished | at least 7th century BC | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey |
Ḫiyawa appears in Neo-Assyrian records under the name of Que (𒌷𒄣𒂊)), and in Neo-Babylonian sources as Ḫumê (𒆳𒄷𒈨𒂊).[1]
The question whether the toponym Ḫiyawa is related to Ahhiyawa, the Hittite designation of the Mycenaean Greeks, is at present hotly debated.[2] The principal argument in favour of a Greek migration into Cilicia at the end of the Bronze Age is the mention of Muksa/Mopsos as the founder of the local dynasty in indigenous Luwian and Phoenician inscriptions.[3]
According to many translations of the Bible, Que (Hebrew: קְוֵ֖ה, romanized: Qəwêh) was the place from which Solomon obtained horses. (I Kings 10: 28, 29; II Chron. 1:16)
The species name of Cyclamen coum probably refers to Que.[4]