Lukka lands

It is commonly accepted that the Bronze Age toponym Lukka is cognate with the Lycia of classical antiquity.

Trevor Bryce has argued that the Lukka lands covered a large area including the regions later known as Lycaonia, Pisidia and Lycia.

[3] The Amarna letters mention Lukkan raids against the island kingdom of Alashiya in the mid-1300s BC,[1] about the same time as Hittite texts praying to the Sun goddess of Arinna mention the Lukka lands along with Arawanna, Kalaspa and Pitassa as independent lands that had ceased paying tribute.

[2] They are mentioned prominently in the Hittite treaty with Alaksandu circa 1280 BC: "Concerning army and chariotry, the agreement with you will be as follows: if My Sun campaigns in the direction of those lands – either towards Gargisa, (or Masa), or Lukka, or Warsiyalla – you too will campaign with me, together with your infantry and chariotry.

"[3]Soldiers from the Lukka lands fought on the Hittite side in the famous Battle of Kadesh (c. 1274 BC) against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II.