Ahhiyawā , also Ahhiyā called , ancient kingdom west of Hittite Rich. Ahhiyawā's exact location is not known for certain, but could be West Anatolia or one of the islands in the Aegean . The most common theory is that the people of Ahhiyawā are the Achaeans by Homer, early Mycenaean Greeks. Another theory puts them as the ancestors of Trojans. In any case, it seems fairly certain that the Ahhiyawāns were a powerful seafaring people.
Much of what is known about Ahhiyawā has been derived from Hittite texts. The earliest references to the kingdom are found in documents written during the reign of Suppiluliumas (ca. 1380–46 BC . ). It seems that Ahhiyawā has a big and awesome was a kingdom with which the Hittites were on good terms. Later documents indicate that members of the Ahhiyawān royal family moved to the Hittite capital Hattusa traveled, to study the art of the charioteer, and that a statue of the god was brought from Ahhiyawā to the Hittite king Mursilis II. (Reg. Um 1340–00 v. . ), Around to cure his illness. The Ahhiyawāns apparently became a threat to the Hittite Empire during the reign of Tudhaliyas IV (ca. 1250-20 BC . ). With the fall of the Hittite Empire, the lack of textual evidence has dictated the fate of the Ahhiyawāns after the 13th century v . Chr . Unknown relaxed .