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Ahhiyawa

Proper noun

Meaning

Ahhiyawa

(historical) A land mentioned in ancient Hittite texts as lying to the west.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Atreids in Asia Minor Map showing the Hittite empire and the Ahhiyawa (most probably the Achaeans). Source: Internet

It is possible that the Trojan War was a conflict between the king of Ahhiyawa and the Assuwa confederation. Source: Internet

The identifications of Wilusa with Troy and of the Ahhiyawa with Homer's Achaeans remain somewhat controversial but gained enough popularity during the 1990s to be considered majority opinion. Source: Internet

It has been proposed that Ekwesh of the Egyptian records may relate to Achaea (compared to Hittite Ahhiyawa), whereas Denyen and Tanaju may relate to Classical Greek Danaoi. Source: Internet

His conclusions at the time were challenged by other Hittitologists (i.e. Johannes Friedrich in 1927 and Albrecht Götze in 1930), as well as by Ferdinand Sommer, who published his Die Ahhijava-Urkunden ("The Ahhiyawa Documents") in 1932. Source: Internet

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