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KammanuMalizi
c. 1200–712 BC
Kammanu and its capital Melid/Milid among the Neo-Hittite states
Capital	Melid
Common languages	Hieroglyphic Luwian
Religion	Luwian religion
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Iron Age
• Established	c. 1200
• Disestablished	712 BC
Preceded by Succeeded by Hittite empire Neo-Assyrian Empire
Today part of	Turkey

Kammanu was a Luwian speaking Neo-Hittite state in a plateau (Malatya Plain) to the north of the Taurus Mountains and to the west of Euphrates river in the late 2nd millennium BC, formed from part of Kizzuwatna after the collapse of the Hittite Empire. Its principal city was Melid.

References

1. Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead (1908). Western Asia in the Days of Sargon of Assyria. New Era Printing Company. pp. 91–.
2. Sarah C. Melville (27 July 2016). The Campaigns of Sargon II, King of Assyria, 721–705 B.C. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-0-8061-5682-8.

See also

• Ancient regions of Anatolia

v t e Syro-Hittite states and cities
Luwian states	Tabal Tabal Tuwana Atuna Ḫubišna Šinuḫtu Ištuanda Kammanu Melid Kummuh Samsat Quwê Karatepe Adana Hilakku   Gurgum Marqas Carchemish Carchemish
Aramaean states	Palistin Kinalua Unqi-Pattina Kinalua Bit Gabbari Sam'al Bit Adini Til Barsip Bit Bahiani Guzana Bit Agusi Arpad Nampigi Halab Luhuti Hatarikka Shuksi Hamath Hamath

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