Quwê | ||||||||||
Adanawa/Ḫiyawa | ||||||||||
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Quwê and its capital Adana among the Neo-Hittite states
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Capital | Adana | |||||||||
Languages | Hieroglyphic Luwian | |||||||||
Religion | Luwian religion | |||||||||
Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | |||||||||
• | Established | Unknown | ||||||||
• | Disestablished | at least 7th century BC | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey |
Quwê – also spelled Que, Kue, Qeve, Coa, Kuê and Keveh – was a "Neo-Hittite" Assyrian vassal state or province at various times from the 9th century BCE to shortly after the death of Ashurbanipal around 627 BCE in the lowlands of eastern Cilicia (also known as Hiyawa), and the name of its capital city, tentatively identified with Adana, in modern Turkey. According to many translations of the Bible, it was the place from which King Solomon obtained horses. (I Kings 10: 28, 29; II Chron. 1:16).
The species name of Cyclamen coum probably refers to Quwê.