- Kültepe (Turkish: lit. ash-hill), also
known as
Kanesh or Nesha, is an
archaeological site in
Kayseri Province, Turkey,
inhabited from the
beginning of...
- Anna was the main
deity of
Kanesh, an
Anatolian city
which in the Old ****yrian
period served as an ****yrian
trading colony.
Multiple possibilities regarding...
- This
purchased goods would then be
loaded on caravans,
transported to
Kanesh and
other regional areas, and
finally be sold for gold and silver. ****yrian...
-
ancient Anatolia, has
stated that
Kussara was
probably situated southeast of
Kanesh, but
presumably north of Luhuzzadia/Lahu(wa)zzandiya,
between Hurama and...
-
mentioned in ****yrian
mercantile texts from the 19th
Century BC at
Kanesh.
Kanesh was at the time the
center of a
network of ****yrian
merchants overseeing...
- north-central Anatolia,
including the
kingdom of
Kussara (before 1750 BC), the
Kanesh or
Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and an
empire centered on
Hattusa (around...
-
centuries BC. The main
centre of
karum trading was at the
ancient town of
Kanesh.
Early references to karu come from the Ebla tablets; in particular, a vizier...
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Nipas (also
spelled Nipaš or Nepaš) was a god
worshiped in
Kanesh. His name
might have been
derived from the
Hittite word nepis, "heaven", and he might...
-
mentioned in the
Anitta Texts, a
collection of
Hittite writings unearthed at
Kanesh. They
depict it as a
major seat of
power in the region,
describing its ruler...
-
ruled from
Kanesh, when ****ur
colonies were
still in Anatolia. This text
seems to
represent a
cuneiform record of Anitta's
inscriptions at
Kanesh too, perhaps...
