Los hititas en Anatolia septentrional durante la primera mitad del s.XIII a.C. Panorámica geopolítico de un conflicto armado

• Autores: Juan Manuel González Salazar
• Localización: Isimu: Revista sobre Oriente Próximo y Egipto en la antigüedad, ISSN 1575-3492, Nº. 2, 1999, págs. 265-279
• Idioma: español
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  • Hatti played a dominant role in the XIIIth century B.C. and exerted his authority in the Anatolian homeland and the whole of northern Syria. However, the gasgean threat in the northern border of the Hittite Kingdom acquired serious proportions. For Muwatalli (II) it was essential to maintain a substantial hittite presence in the region. This Great King placed the whole northern area under the control of his brother Hattusili, installing him as king at Hakm/pis (the principal administrative center of the Upper Land region). Since then the peripheral policy of Hattusili was offensive. In the sequence of events, Hattusili reconquered large territories in the north, reaching the great city-sanctuary of Nerik. But while Hattusili's army was fighting against the gasgeans, he planned and executed a coup d'etat against his nephew Urhi-Tesub/Mursili III, placed on the hittite throne, and became Great King of Hatti. Under Hattusili III there was a period of relative peace and it was adopted a military-administrative solution on the northern frontier problem.