Ḫilakku
𒆳𒄭𒋃𒆪 (Ḫilakku: earlier) 𒆳𒉿𒆸𒁺 (Pirindu: later) | |||||||||
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| Unknown–401 BC | |||||||||
Ḫilakku among the Neo-Hittite states | |||||||||
Kingdom of Cilicia in 6th century BC | |||||||||
| Capital | Urā (earlier) Tarsus (later) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Luwian | ||||||||
| Religion | Luwian religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• r. c. 858 BC | Piḫirim | ||||||||
• r. c. 718 BC – 713 BC | Ambaris | ||||||||
• r. c. 662 BC | Sandašarme | ||||||||
• c. 585 BC | Syennesis I | ||||||||
• r. c. 557 BC | Appuwašu | ||||||||
• r. c. 480 BC | Syennesis II | ||||||||
• r. c. 470s BC | Xeinagoras | ||||||||
• r. c. 401 BC | Syennesis III | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | Unknown | ||||||||
• Submission to the Achaemenid Empire | c. 542 BC | ||||||||
• Annexation by the Achaemenid Empire | 401 BC | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
Ḫilakku (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒄭𒋃𒆪), later known as Pirindu (Neo-Babylonian Akkadian: 𒆳𒉿𒆸𒁺 and 𒆳𒉿𒊑𒅔𒁺), was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.