Puruszhanda

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Map of central Anatolia during the existence of Assyrian trading colonies there (XX-18th century BC) Map of Hetman Anatolia with presumed location of Purushhanda city Purushhanda (also Purushhattum and Purshuhanda) - an ancient city and kingdom in south-central Anatolia. Its exact location is still not confirmed - some scholars point to the position of Acem Höyük, located about 6 km north-east of Aksaray, others to Karahöyük near Konya.

Under the name of Buruszhattum / Purushhattum, this city appears in the Cretaceous texts from the Anatolia in the XXth-18th centuries. Assyrian merchant colonies. It is mentioned there as one of the local kingdoms that maintain a regular business relationship with Assyrian merchants. Along with other Anatolian cities, such as Vashhana, Ninasza or Ullamma, it lay on the main trade route leading from Anatolia to Assyria. In texts from the colony, the ruler of Burushhattum is entitled "The Great King" (Academia rubā'um rabi'um), which indicates that the kingdom must have played an important role during this period.

At the turn of the 19th / 18th century, p.n.e. Purushhanda became the target of Anitty's war expedition, the "Great King" of Nesa, who managed to conquer other cities and kingdoms of central Anatolia. When Anitta entered her territory, her ruler surrendered to him without a fight. According to the later Mesopotamian tradition, which survived in the text known as āar tamhāri ("King of Fighters"), the Akkadian king Sargon the Great (c. 2334-2279 BC) led a triumphal war against Nur-Dagan, king Purushhandy, in response to the requests of the Indian oppressors in the city. This story is considered a propaganda piece, but if it was based on actual historical events, it would indicate that the kingdom of Burushhattum (Purushhanda) had already existed in the early Bronze Age.

In subsequent Purithandic texts (under the name of Purheuhanda), it is mentioned as one of the territories that Labarna (beginning of the 17th century BC) destined for the management of his sons, and as one of the places where King Telepin (1525-1500 BC) he ordered to build the warehouses and warehouses. The city then disappears from the Hittite notes, appearing only rarely in religious texts. Some scholars try to identify Purushhanda with the town of Parzuta mentioned in the luvish hieroglyphics. Bibliography

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