Did Mycenaean Greece and the Hittite Empire ever Interact? The Ahhiyawa Question
The Ahhiyawa question - a mystery that has baffled many archaeologists and historians for over a century. “Ahhiyawa“ is a word that appears in a few Hittite texts, most prominently in one called the “Tawagalawa letter.“ It refers to an unidentified kingdom which some believe may have been one of the great Mycenaean city-states. But is this true? We’ll examine some of the evidence and then you decide!
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