Pitassa

"[T]he place name Pedessa is presumably the derivative of the equivalent of the Hitt.[ite] peda- place in Luwian, where the form pida- is postulated." ==Location==

Pitassa lay somewhere west of the Salt Lake. It has been described as "the region at the 'foot' of the Sultan Mountains and stretching northward all the way to the Sakarya River and Gordion near Polatlı." It occasionally formed the border between Hatti and various iterations of Arzawa. Another account referred to it as an imperial geographical designation (also called Pedassa) for the region found at the foot of the Sultan Mountains and extend northwards all the way to the Sakarya River and Gordion near Polath. It is also described as part of the region of Classical Lycaonia, which was located east of the Salt Lake. ==History==

Madduwatta wrested Pitassa from Arnuwanda I in the late 15th century BC. This figure was described as a freebooter and he forced the inhabitants of Pitassa to swear loyalty to himself. Suppiluliuma I Decades later Suppiluliuma I retook it while he was the crown prince acting in behalf of his father. The city was included in the list of conquered territories cited in the Deeds of Suppiluliuma. Muwatalli II One of the earliest records of Pitassa involve the account of Egyptian scribes of the battle of Qadesh in 1275 B.C. The city during this period was recorded as a subject of the kingdom of Hatti. ==References==