Neo-Hittite states

The Neo-Hittite states were city-states in northern Syria and south-eastern Anatolia, such as Carchemish and Malatya, that emerged after the collapse of the Hittite Empire around 1200 BCE. They preserved elements of Hittite political and artistic tradition, including hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions. They were absorbed by the Assyrian Empire in the eighth century BCE.