An ancient kingdom in western Anatolia during the Bronze Age, known from Hittite records and Egyptian correspondence.
From Hittite records; the kingdom name appears in diplomatic correspondence and military records from circa 1400-1200 BCE. Origin meaning unclear but possibly related to 'river' in local languages.
Arzava appears in the famous Amarna Letters between Egypt and Anatolia—it was so powerful that Pharaoh Amenhotep III wrote to its king as an equal, not a subject.
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