The Hayasa-Azzi were an indigenous Bronze Age tribal confederation which flourished on the plateau of ancient Armenia and eastern Anatolia between c. 1500 and c. 1200 BCE. Although the historical record is impoverished and disputed regarding the region at this time, it is known that they were enemies of the powerful Hittites further to the east, were probably infiltrated by the Thraco-Phrygians following the collapse of the Hittite Empire c. 1200 BCE, and then became part of the kingdom of Urartu from the 9th century BCE.
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c. 1500 BCE - c. 1200 BCEThe Hayasa-Azzi confederation flourishes in ancient Turkey and Armenia.
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c. 1320 BCEThe Hittite king Musili II attacks the Hayasa-Azzi confederation.