Sa-us-sa-tar. | B.C. ARTATAMA I. 1400 | +------------+-------------+ | | SUTARNA I. A DAUGHTER.⁴ | 1350 +----------+---------+--------------------------+ | | | TUSHRATTA. GILUKHIPA.⁵ ARTATAMA II. | | +---+------------------------+ | | | | 1300 MATTIUAZA.¹ TADUKHIPA.⁶ SUTARNA II. [Sutatarra.] EGYPT [Thebes.] Amenhetep II. B.C. { B.C. 1400 ⁴THOTHMES IV. { 1420 { 1411 { ⁵AMENHETEP III. { { { 1375 1350 ⁶AMENHETEP IV. { 1350 [_Akhenaten._] { Horemheb. Rameses I. { 1313 1300 SETY I. { { 1292 1250 ⁷RAMESES II. { { 1225 { MERENPTAH. { 1215 1200 Five Rulers. Rameses III. 1198-1167 NOTE.—The numerals indicate the marriages. With these two allied powers arrayed against him, Subbi-luliuma must have had confidence in the unity and valour of his forces when he crossed the Taurus to throw down the challenge. We cannot tell whether he employed any new method or weapon of war that encouraged him in his aspirations. As seen by us now, in unravelling the tangled record of his rapid movements and effective victories,[750] his successes appear to be attributable to the hardihood and mobility of his troops and to his own able generalship. As to his forces, we may assume from the absence of contrary evidence, that the whole region behind him, northwards and westwards from Marash, as well as the states round Carchemish and in the valley of the Kara Su, already acknowledged his supremacy, and united with him in this enterprise.