Suppiluliuma (English spelling)

Japanese: スッピルリウマ（英語表記）Suppiluliuma

? - c. 1340 BC The fifth king of the New Hittite Kingdom. Reigned c. 1380 BC - c. 1340 BC. He spent his entire life on the battlefield, and led the New Kingdom to rank alongside the great powers of the ancient Orient, and he himself used the title of "Great King." After ascending to the throne, he attacked the neighboring kingdom of Mitanni to the southeast, and advanced into Syria, but returned home to conquer the barbarians who were causing trouble in his homeland from the mountainous region of the northern border of Asia Minor. After pacifying this area for the time being, he took advantage of the internal conflict in Mitanni to bring the country under his protection, and further added Kargamis (Carchemish in the Old Testament), a strategic location on the left bank of the Euphrates River, to his territory, but died of an epidemic while attacking the barbarians to the north who had rebelled again.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐前1340ころ
ヒッタイト新王国の第5代の王。在位，前1380ころ‐前1340年ころ。生涯を戦陣の間に過ごし，新王国を古代オリエントの列強の一つに並ぶに至らしめ，自らも〈大王〉の称号を用いた。即位したのち，南東方の隣国ミタンニ王国を攻め，またシリアに進出したが，小アジア北辺の山岳地から本国を騒がせた蛮族征討のため帰郷。ひとまずこの方面を平定ののち，ミタンニの内紛に乗じてこの国を保護下に置き，さらにユーフラテス川左岸の要地カルガミス(旧約のカルケミシュ)を版図に加えたが，ふたたび反乱をおこした北方の蛮族を攻伐中，疫病のため陣没した。

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