Assuwa
1400 BC confederation in western Anatolia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Assuwa (Hittite: πΈππΏ, romanized: aΕ‘-Ε‘u-wa; Mycenaean Greek: ππ―πΉπ, romanized: a-si-wi-ja)[1][2] was a confederation of 22 states in western Anatolia around 1400 BC. The confederation formed to oppose the Hittite Empire, but was defeated under Tudhaliya I/II.[3][4][5] The name was recorded in various centres in Mycenaean Greece as Asiwia, which later acquired the form Asia.[2]