Tumanna is a northern Anatolian settlement of the ancient world. Embracing the south coast of the Black Sea, in the late Bronze Age Tumanna is bordered by Pontic mountains.
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Kaska (Kashka, Kaška) warriors advance from the east and Hittite-occupied Pala dominate the southwest. Further south, Hittites rule the land.
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A city kingdom or state in the northern reaches of Anatolia, ancient Tumanna (Tummanna, Tummana) is bordered by the Black Sea Coast at the north, the Pala lands to the west and those of the aggressive Kashka to the east and encroaching. At least one Tumanna King is mentioned in correspondence but not named.
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Later Hittite inscriptions call this area Pontus, today the Pontic Mountains. The range stretches along the southern coast of the Black Sea.
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Hittite attempts to settle Pala and the outlying regions meet with rebellion and disaster. In the north they establish the town of Nerik, famous for the Purilli festival, a spring and Hittite New Year celebration.
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No one invites the Kaskians but they come anyway. After all, no one invited the Hittites to punk a city down in Kaska-owned lands.
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By c.1590 BCE Nerik is overrun by hostile Kaska. The town is abandoned to the barbarians and the festival moves south to the Hittite capital, Hattusa.
Tumanna falls under Kashka dominance in the fourteenth century BCE. Kaskians sweep the Black Sea Coast, gaining dominion of the entire south coast except the extreme west.
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The people of Tumanna move south, leave the region or join forces with Kashka. In the 14th century Tumanna is still on the map, but not on the coast.
Shortly thereafter the city of Nerik is re-conquered by King Šuppiluliuma I during his expeditions against the hostile tribes. This victory in the early part of his reign strengthens the Hittite holdings.
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In the latter part of his reign, around 1330 BC, Šuppiluliuma I has to return, at least to the region of Mount Kasu (Kaššu). Mount Kasu, between Canaan in the Levant and Khilikku, in the Hurrian land is the home of great god El.
The destination city is an incomplete name (... Naggara). Šuppiluliuma I has already been to this area in his first campaign as King to quash the Kaska.
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Around 1300 BC the Tumanna region is integrated into the vassal kingdom of Hakpis. Hapkis specifically is created by Hittite King Muwatallis II to contain the attacks of the hostile Kashka mountain warriors.
Muwatallis II gives the kingdom to his brother Hattusilis, who will later become one of the most influential Hittite Kings under the name of Hattusilis III. The area of the Hapkis Kingdom, including Tumanna, covers the central northwest.
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For ten years Hattusilis repopulates the land and negotiates among tribes, either with a silver tongue or an iron fist. After the death of Muwatlallis II, Muwatlallis' son Mursilis III ascends to the throne. He separates Tumanna from the kingdom of Hakpis and takes it into his own domains.
This type of behavior soon leads to civil war. Hattusilis III overthrows his nephew Mursilis. He puts himself on the throne, with his wife Puduhepa as Queen. She herself becomes one of the most important women of the ancient world.
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What happens to Tumanna after that is classic. Eventually the region is incorporated into the surrounding lands like Hakpis, people disperse, and another kingdom sinks quietly into the sands of time.
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