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The Luwians also known as Luvians were a people closely related to the Hittites. Sometime after 2300, the Luwians, an Indo-European-speaking people, settled in southern Anatolia.

The Luwians were related to the Hittites and were the dominant group in the Late Hittite culture.

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  • Hetite God in Aleppo

    Luwian storm god Tarḫunz in the National Museum of Aleppo.

  • SUPPILULIUMA

    Statue from the Post-Hittite period, representing king Šuppiluliuma, ruler of the Luwian state of Pattin (Unqi)

  • Estats neohitites i arameus a Síria al segle VIII aC

    Various Luwian (Post-Hittite) and Aramean (orange shades) states in the 8th century BCE

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Luvitas para niños

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