World Leaders
Suppiluliuma I
Hittite Conqueror
Suppiluliuma I was a Hittite king active in the 14th c. BC during the New Kingdom Hittite period. Died: plague.
Historical Note
Made the Hittites a great power. Sacked Mitanni and pushed into Syria. An Egyptian widow (probably Tutankhamun's) once asked him for a son to marry.