Arzawa

Arzawa is a region or kingdom in what was later to be known as Lydia in Western Anatolia. It was a neighbour and sometimes vassal of the Hittites. The language spoken in Arzawa during the Bronze Age is believed to have been Luwian. Arzawa may be the origin for the name of the continent Asia.

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