The states that are called Neo-Hittite, or more recently Syro-Hittite, were
Luwian,
Aramaic and
Phoenician-speaking political entities of
Iron Age northern
Syria and southern
Anatolia that arose following the collapse of the
Hittite Empire around 1180 BC and lasted until roughly 700 BC. The term "Neo-Hittite" is sometimes reserved specifically for the Luwian-speaking principalities like Melid (
Malatya) and Karkamish (
Carchemish), although in a wider sense the broader cultural term "Syro-Hittite" is now applied to all the entities that arose in south-central Anatolia following the Hittite collapse — such as
Tabal and
Quwê — as well as those of northern and coastal Syria .
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