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    Wilusa (Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭 URUwi5-lu-ša) or Wilusiya was a Late Bronze Age city in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) known from references in fragmentary...
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    Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 Truwiša/Taruiša) or Ilion (Greek: Ίλιον, Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭 Wiluša) was an ancient country located in present-day Hisarlık, Turkey. The place...
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    confederation made of 22 cities and countries which included the city of Wilusa (Ilios or Ilium). The Milawata letter implies this city lies on the north...
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    Alaksandu (category Kings of Wilusa)
    Alâkšândûš), alternatively called Alakasandu or Alaksandus, was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with Hittite king Muwatalli II ca. 1280 BC. This treaty...
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    BCE) The walls of Troy VII/Wilusa are constructed. Seti I, pharaoh of Egypt (1290 BC–1279 BC) (19th Dynasty) Alaksandu of Wilusa, some believe would be the...
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    Historicity of the Iliad (category Wilusa)
    The subsequent excavation of Troy VIIa and the discovery of the toponym "Wilusa" in cuneiform Hittite correspondence has made it plausible that the Trojan...
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    Miletus (Millawanda) was under his control. It also refers to an earlier "Wilusa episode" involving hostility on the part of Ahhiyawa. Ahhiya(wa) has been...
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    Age and for its mention of a prior disagreement concerning a city called Wilusa, generally identified with the archaeological site of Troy. The Tawagalawa...
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  • of a god, attested in a Hittite language treaty as a protective deity of Wilusa. Apaliunas is considered to be the Hittite reflex of *Apeljōn, an early...
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    the historical figure of Piyama-Radu, a warlord active in the vicinity of Wilusa. However, this identification is disputed, and is highly unlikely, given...
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