Kammanu

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Kammanu
Malizi
ca. 1200 BC–712 BC
Kammanu and its capital Melid/Milid among the Neo-Hittite states
Kammanu and its capital Melid/Milid among the Neo-Hittite states
CapitalMelid
Common languagesHieroglyphic Luwian
Religion
Luwian religion
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraIron Age
• Established
ca. 1200 BC
• Disestablished
712 BC
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hittite empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Today part of Turkey

Kammanu was a Proto-Armenian - Luwian speaking [citation needed] Neo-Hittite state in Armenian Highlands in the late 2nd millennium BC, formed from part of Kizzuwatna after the collapse of the Hittite Empire. Its principal city was Melid.