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[[File:Hittite Kingdom.png|thumb|Map of the Hittite Empire under [[Suppiluliuma I]] and [[Mursili II]]]]

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The Hittite Empire incorporated vassal states that extended over much of [[Anatolia]] and Northern [[Syria]]. The addition of ELLAvassal states reached its peak under the reigns of [[Suppiluliuma I]] and [[Mursili II]] in the 14th Century BC.<ref name="Bryce 2005">{{cite book |last1=Bryce |first1=Trevor |title=Kingdom of the Hittites |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199279081 |page=49{{ndash}}50 |chapter=Territories and Early Rivals of the Hatti}}</ref> The relationships between the Hittites and their vassal states centered around the Hittite king and the vassal ruler; the terms of their relationship were imposed unilaterally by the former, and accepted by the latter. Whenever a new Hittite king or vassal ruler came into power, a new treaty would be drawn up.<ref name="Bryce 2005" />

In rare cases, local rulers were given ''kiurwana'' (protectorate status).<ref name="Bryce 2005"/> While they had distinct privileges{{snd}} such as exemption from tribute{{snd}} they did not have any more freedom of activity than other vassal states. All relations among the regions under Hittite control were strictly determined by the king.<ref name="Bryce 2005" /> While this led to the belief that contact between vassal states was limited, it has also been thought that such restrictions were limited to the enemies of the Hatti.<ref name="Devecchi 2012">{{cite book |last1=Devecchi |first1=Elena |title=Policies of exchange political systems and modes of interaction in the Aegean and Near East in the 2nd Millennium BCE: Proceedings of the International Symposium at the University of Freiburg Institute for Archaeological Studies |date=2012 |publisher=Austrian Academy of Sciences Press |pages=117–120 |chapter=The International Relations of Hatti’s Syrian Vassals, or How to make the Best of Things.}}</ref>