kingdom · Anatolia and the Levant

Que

900 BCE – 713 BCE (approx.) · capital Adana

Que, a Neo-Hittite kingdom of the Cilician plain around Adana, known for its horses and for bilingual inscriptions in Luwian and Phoenician.

Origins

After the Hittite collapse, a kingdom arose in the fertile Cilician plain, formerly Kizzuwatna. Its people called it Hiyawa, a name some link with the Greek Ahhiyawa, and its capital was Adana. Assyrian texts call it Que from the 9th century BCE.

Rule and society

Kings such as Awariku, the Urikki of Assyrian texts, ruled with Phoenician as a prestige language beside Luwian; bilingual inscriptions at Karatepe and Çineköy are key to deciphering Luwian hieroglyphs. Que bred horses, which the Bible says Solomon bought there.

Decline and legacy

Shalmaneser III of the Assyrian Empire campaigned against King Kate. Urikki became a vassal of Tiglath-Pileser III, and by 713 BCE Sargon II had made Que an Assyrian province.

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

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