Mursili II

Japanese: ムルシリ[2世]（英語表記）Mursili II

? - c.1306 BC The seventh king of the New Hittite Kingdom. Reigned c.1339 BC - c.1306 BC. Leading a powerful Hittite army, he fought in various places, and built on the legacy of his father, King Suppiluliuma, establishing the Golden Age of Hittite history. After Suppiluliuma's death, his eldest son Arnuwanda I succeeded him, but he died of illness after two years, and his second son Mursili became the great king. In the early part of his reign, he was troubled by rebellions both at home and abroad that took advantage of the deaths of his father and brother, but after putting down these, he confronted the great neighboring kingdom of Arzawa to the southwest, and finally destroyed it. He divided the kingdom into four small kingdoms, eliminating any worries, and prepared the kingdom to advance into Syria with all its might.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐前1306ころ
ヒッタイト新王国第7代の王。在位，前1339ころ‐前1306年ころ。精強のヒッタイト軍団を率いて各地に転戦し，父王スッピルリウマの遺業の上に立って，ヒッタイト史の黄金時代を確立した。スッピルリウマの没後は，長子アルヌワンダ1世がその後を襲ったが，2年にして病没し，次子ムルシリが大王の位に就いた。治世の初期は，父と兄の死に乗じた内外の諸国の反乱に悩んだが，これらを平定ののち，南西に隣る大国アルザワ王国に立ち向かい，ついにこれを滅ぼして，四つの小国に分割して後顧の憂いを絶ち，王国の全力を挙げてシリア進出に当たることのできる態勢を整えた。

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