Kizzuwadna

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Kizzuwadna (also spelled as Kizzuwatna) was a Hurrian kingdom of southeastern Anatolia near the Gulf of İskenderun in present-day Turkey. Kizzuwadna concluded a treaty with the Hittite kingdom in the late 16th century BC and remained a major independent power until after 1340 BC, when it was reduced to a Hittite vassal state by Suppiluliumas I. In the famous Battle of Kadesh (1299/1291 BC), Kizzuwadna supplied troops to the Hittite king.

Although Kizzuwadna was a vassal state, the influence of Hurrian culture on that of the Hittites was great. The ruling family itself may have had Hurrian blood, based on the number of queens and other nobles with Hurrian names. The Hurrian pantheon was also integrated into the Hittite, and the goddess Hebat of Kizzuwadna became very important in Hittite religion towards the end of the 13th century BCE (middle of Nineteenth Dynasty). Kizzuwadna was also important economically as a center for iron smelting and manufacture.