Kingdoms That Faded Into Myth | Luwians & Arzawa
Before the Hittites ruled and Troy fell, there were the Luwians and the realm of Arzawa—lost kingdoms that once shaped the Bronze Age but vanished without a trace. Their names survive only in fragments: a tribute tally here, a veiled warning there. No epics. No monuments. Just echoes. Yet these forgotten peoples brokered with pharaohs, defied Hittite armies, and may have even inspired the legends of Troy.
This is the story of a civilization erased not by conquest—but by silence.
00:00 – Intro
00:51 – Lost Names on Clay Tablets
03:32 – Rival of the Hittites
06:48 – The Luwians: A Language That Wouldn’t Die
09:48 – Myths, Memory, and the Trojan Connection
12:56 – Collapse and the Luwian Diaspora
16:13 – Rediscovery: Stones, Scripts, and Controversy
18:56 – Why They Vanished
21:11 – Remembering the Erased
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