## Highlights ### id241958605 kings gave sons external thrones > Šuppiluliuma was eventually successful in conquering Carchemish as well, and he returned to Ḫattuša after placing two of his sons on the thrones of Aleppo and Carchemish to keep an eye on Syria. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fjwasazjnjzs7ckv3rcsqp2d) ### id241958789 line between ally and vassal is fuzzy > Mitanni remained an ally (but in practice vassal) of the Hittites until the reign of Šattuara I in the first half of the 13th century BCE, who decided to attack Assyria - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fjwaw31fx82c49m1gay9xn7b)