Seha River Land
Seha River Land | |
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Kaymakçı Tepe (hypothesized) | |
| Government | Kingdom |
• c. 1300 BC | Manapa-Tarhunta |
| Historical era | Bronze Age |
| Today part of | Aegean Region, Turkey |
The Seha River Land was a kingdom in Western
History
The Seha River Land was a reluctant vassal state of the
Mursili II consolidated power over the region around 1320 BC, crushing a revolt in which the Seha River Land participated. According to Mursili, he besieged the Seha River Land's capital and was on the verge of destroying it when he accepted a last minute mercy plea from King Manapa-Tarhunta's own mother, delivered right outside the city gates. A treaty was drawn up which confirmed Manapa-Tarhunta's status as a Hittite vassal, though he once again had to plead for mercy in the Manapa-Tarhunta letter, this time because of his failure to provide Mursili with timely military support.[2][1]
Manapa-Tarhunta was eventually deposed and replaced by someone named Masturi, who may have been his son. Masturi's ascent to the throne was supported by Mursili's successor
Tudhaliya IV, after which a descendant of Manapa-Tarhunta was reinstalled on the Seha River Land's throne.[2][1]
Kings of Seha River Land
- Muwa-Walwi: king during the late reign of Suppiluliuma I, died during the reign of Arnuwanda II.(1322 BC)[citation needed]
- Manapa-Tarhunta: king during the reign of Arnuwanda II.(1322 BC)[citation needed]
- Briefly deposed by Ura-Tarhunta during the reign of Arnuwanda II.(1322 BC)[citation needed]
- Manapa-Kurunta: king during reign of Alaksandu treaty(c. 1290s BC)
- Masturi during the reign of Muwatalli II[citation needed]
Muwa-Walwi
Muwa-Walwi was the king of the Seha River Land as well as Appawiya during the time of
Suppiluliuma I. In CTH 211, the Hittites refer to the "descendant of Muwawalwi" indicating he formed a dynasty. However, his death led to a war of succession between his sons Manapa-Tarhunta and Ura-Tarhunta.[citation needed
]
Location
The Seha River itself is generally identified with the
Kaymakçı Tepe near the Gediz River, where excavations since 2014 have revealed a major Bronze Age settlement whose citadel is more than four times larger than that of contemporary Troy.[4][5]
Max Gander suggested that evidence would also be compatible with the Seha River Land being located south of Ephesus, and closer to the valley of Meander River. As part of this argument, he suggests that the Manapa-Tarhunta letter need not be read as implying that Seha ruled Lesbos.[6]
See also
- Arzawa
- Hapalla
- Historicity of the Iliad
- Karabel relief
- Mira
- Luwians
Notes
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- ^ ISBN 978-1589832688.
- ISBN 978-0-415-34959-8.
- S2CID 164800705.
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- ^ Max Gander (2014), An Alternative View on the Location of Arzawa. Hittitology today: Studies on Hittite and Neo-Hittite Anatolia in Honor of Emmanuel Laroche’s 100th Birthday. Alice Mouton, ed. p. 163-190
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| Iron Age | |
| Classical Age | |
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