kingdom · Anatolia and the Levant
Seha River Land
Origins
The Seha River Land formed part of the old Arzawa coalition in the valley of a western Anatolian river, probably the Bakırçay or Gediz. After the fall of Arzawa c. 1320 BCE, Mursili II confirmed Manapa-Tarhunta as its king under a Hittite treaty.
Rule and society
Its rulers governed the river valley and, at times, the nearby island of Lazpa, probably Lesbos. A letter from Manapa-Tarhunta reports on events in Wilusa, and King Masturi married a sister of Muwatalli II of the Hittite Empire.
Decline and legacy
Under Tudhaliya IV a king backed by Ahhiyawa rebelled and was defeated. The kingdom fades from the record with the collapse of the Hittite Empire c. 1180 BCE.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
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- Seha River Land was a vassal of Hittite Empire1320 BCE – 1180 BCE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Seha River Land. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/seha-river-land
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