Que (Cilician kingdom)

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Que (Cilician kingdom) was an Iron Age Neo-Hittite/Luwian kingdom located in southeastern Anatolia, roughly corresponding to eastern Cilicia in present-day Turkey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age polity
Luwian kingdom
Neo-Hittite kingdom
historical region
borderedBy Assyrian-controlled territories
Hilakku
Tabal
economyBasedOn agriculture
trade
flourishedDuring 8th century BCE
9th century BCE
hasAlternativeName Adanawa
Kue
Que
Quwe
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceAt Adana region
linked to: Adana Province

Cilician plain sites
hasCapitalCandidate Adana
hasCategory Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia
History of Cilicia
Neo-Hittite states
hasCulturalAffiliation Neo-Hittite
linked to: Neo-Hittite states
hasEthnoLinguisticCharacter Luwian
hasLanguage Luwian
hasTypeOfGovernment monarchy
hasWritingSystem Akkadian cuneiform (in Assyrian records)
Luwian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
integratedInto Neo-Assyrian Empire
knownFor fertile plains
strategic location between Anatolia and Syria
locatedIn eastern Cilicia
linked to: Cilicia

southeastern Anatolia
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedNear Cilician plain
eastern Mediterranean coast
mentionedIn Assyrian sources
partOf Cilicia
Luwian states of Anatolia
linked to: Luwian polities

Neo-Hittite cultural sphere
linked to: Neo-Hittite states
partOfHistoricalContext post-Hittite states
politicalStatus vassal state of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
regionType Syro-Anatolian state
linked to: Neo-Hittite states
religion Luwian-Hittite polytheism
subjectTo Assyrian military campaigns
succeeded Hittite Empire (in its territory)
linked to: Hittite Empire
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Iron Age

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Tabal region relatedTo Que (Cilician kingdom)
subject linked to: Tabal region (probable)