The Kaskas (also Kaskians or Gasgas) are an ancient people of Anatolia, known from Hittite sources. They lived between the core Hittite region and the Black Sea, and are cited as the reason that the Hittite Empire never extended northward to that area. They may have displaced the speakers of the Palaic language. Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ... Relief of Suppiluliuma II, last known king of the Hittite Empire Hittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (Hittite URU) in north-central Anatolia from the 18th century BC. In the 14th century... Palaic was one of the Anatolian languages, and as such a sister language of Hittite. ...
They were continually on hostile terms with the Hittites beginning with the reign of Tudhaliya II (about 1430 BC), and it may be around this time that they moved into the region. Some time between the reigns of Tudhaliya and Suppiluliuma I, they were able to join with Azzi-Hayasa and Isuwa to the east, as well as other enemies of the Hittites, and burn Hattusa, the Hittite capital, to the ground. Under Suppiluliuma (c. 1350 BC) they were beaten back, but continued to be a frontier menace. Tudhaliya II was a king of the Hittite empire (New kingdom) 1385 BC–1381 BC. Categories: Historical stubs | Hittite kings ... Suppiluliuma I (Shuppiluliuma) was king of the Hittites (ca. ... The Lion Gate in the south-west Hattusa (also known as Hattusas or Khattushash) was the capital of the Hittite Empire. ...
The Kaskas are recorded[citation needed] to have crossed the Halys River with 800 chariots and again advanced as far as Hattusa in the time of Mursili II (around 1300 BC), however he was able to contain them successfully with a chain of border fortresses. His successor, Muwatalli, was even obliged to move his capital to a different location to the south, after Hattusa was again destroyed by the Kaskas. In the Aeneid, Halys is a Trojan who defends Aeneas camp from a Rutullian attack. ... Mursili II was a king of the Hittite empire (New kingdom) from 1322 BC–1295/92 BC. He was the younger son of Suppiluliuma I and unexpectedly assumed the throne after the premature death of his elder brother Arnuwanda II. He faced numerous rebellions early in his reign most seriously... Muwatalli II was a king of the Hittite empire (New kingdom) from 1285 BC–1273 BC. The elder son of Mursili II, he is best known as the Hittite ruler who fought Ramesses II at the Battle of Kadesh around 1285 BC. Categories: Historical stubs | Hittite kings ...
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