What is Suppiluliuma II?
[[Image:Hattusa.king.jpg|thumb|Relief of Suppiluliuma II in Hattusa]] '''Suppiluliuma II''', the son of [[Tudhaliya IV]], was the last known king of the New Kingdom of the [[Hittite Empire]], ruling 1207 BCE – c.1178 BCE, contemporary with Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyira. He is known from two inscriptions in [[hieroglyphics]]. They record wars against former vassal Tarhuntassa, and against Alasiya in [[Cyprus]]. After the fall, the Kaskians were probably in control of Hatti. Hattusa itself was destroyed, its site only re-occupied by a [[Phrygian]] fortress some 500 years later. ==Literature== *Astour, AJA 69 (1965). *Güterbock, JNES 26 (1967), 73–81. ==Other websites== *[http://www.hittites.info/history.aspx?text=history%2fLate+Late+Empire.htm#Suppiluliuma2 Reign of Suppiluliuma II] {{start box}} {{succession box | title = [[List of Hittite kings|Hittite king]] | years = | before = [[Arnuwanda III]] | after = Unknown }} {{end box}} {{multistub|bio|history}} [[Category:Hittite Empire]] [[Category:13th century BC]] [[Category:12th century BC]] [[Category:2nd-millennium BC people]]