A Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom in south-central Anatolia that survived as a tributary of Assyria until finally annexed by Sargon II in 713 BCE.
The main Neo-Hittite kingdom of Tabal was subjugated by the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III c. 732 BCE with the deposition of king Wasusarmas (Wasu-Sarmas); however, Tabal reconstituted and survived into the Achaemenid period as Cappadocia.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Tabal — the shape you scrub through changes in 1180 BC · 900 BC.
Regional context for Neo-Hittite successor states including Tabal.
The standard political and military history of the Iron Age Syro-Hittite states, situating Carchemish, Sam'al, Tabal, and Pattin.