Gurgum
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Gurgum was a Neo-Hittite state in Anatolia, known from the 10th to the 7th century BC. Its name is given as Gurgum in Assyrian sources,[1] while its native name seems to have been Kurkuma for the reason that the capital of Gurgum—Marqas in Assyrian sources (today Maraş)—was named "the Kurkumaean city"[2] (ku+ra/i-ku-ma-wa/i-ni-i-sà(URBS)[3]) in local Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions.
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Gurgum Kurkuma | |||||||||
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Unknown–711 BC | |||||||||
Capital | Marqas (modern-day Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) | ||||||||
Common languages | Hieroglyphic Luwian | ||||||||
Religion | Luwian religion | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Established | Unknown | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 711 BC | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey |
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