HISTORICAL PAGES – Hittite sources on the Hayasa tribal union living in the Armenian Highlands
JANUARY 31, 2014 – HISTORICAL PAGES.
Until the 19th century, there was very little information about the Hittites in the Bible and in the book about Jesus Navin. However, this information was considered accidental.
However, things changed in 1822 when François Champagne discovered the Rosetta Stone, which also contained information about the Hittites.
However, the basic information about the Hittite kingdom and civilization appeared at the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1906-07, near the village of Bogazgyol not far from Ankara, the German scientist Winkel and the Turkish Makrit Bey discovered the ruins of the Hittite capital Khatusas, but all this was discovered only in 1915 by the linguist Czech Bedrich Rozni.
As a result of all this, it becomes clear that the Hittites had contact with the Hayasa tribal union living in the Armenian highlands.
These relationships were dual in nature, as they fought and made peace with each other, and these relationships developed in the 14th-12th centuries.
However, with the collapse of the Hittite state, information about Hayasa also disappears.
The Hittite King Mursilis II reported on Hayasa, speaking of his grandfather Tutkhalia III invading Hayasa and killing Mana.
It reports on the invasion of Hayasa by his father Supiliulium. During this campaign, the latter made peace with King Hugana of Hayasa, securing his support, and the treaty was strengthened by the marriage of Supilulium’s sister, Hugana.
The next Hittite king to account for Hayasa was Khatusili III. He reports on his grandfather Mursilis II. The latter launches a punitive Hayasa invasion against Aniaka, who occupied a number of Hittite territories.
It is only through the family council that we can somehow make peace. As a result of these records, about 40 words about Hayasa have been preserved, through which scholars have tried to find out the position of Hayasa, the relationship between Armenian and the Armenian language, as well as the relationship between Armenian words and the name Hayasa.
