kingdom · Anatolia and the Levant

Mira

1320 BCE – 1180 BCE (approx.)

Mira, the strongest of the vassal kingdoms carved out of Arzawa, whose king's name was read on the Karabel rock relief near Izmir.

Origins

After Mursili II of the Hittite Empire defeated Arzawa c. 1320 BCE, he made Mashuiluwa, a prince who had sought refuge at the Hittite court, king of Mira, the land around the upper Maeander valley and its neighbour Kuwaliya.

Rule and society

Mira's kings ruled by treaty with the Hittite great king, and their line included Kupanta-Kurunta. A reading of the Karabel relief near Izmir, published in 1998, names Tarkasnawa, king of Mira, showing his realm reached towards the Aegean. Its people spoke Luwian.

Decline and legacy

Mashuiluwa rebelled and was deposed, but Mira stayed a Hittite vassal until the empire collapsed c. 1180 BCE. The western Anatolian kingdoms then disappear from records; the region later became part of the Kingdom of Lydia.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Arzawa 1500 BCE – 1320 BCEMira

Connections (1)

Mira was a vassal of Hittite Empire1320 BCE – 1180 BCE

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Cite this page

APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mira. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mira
MLA: “Mira.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mira. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Mira.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mira.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Mira’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/mira (Accessed: ).

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