Post-Hittite states
The post-Hittite states were states which appeared in the ancient Near East following the collapse of the Hittite Empire. Post-Hittite states included the Neo-Hittite states, and other states which were not Neo-Hittite, for example Aram-Damascus or Phrygia. The Neo-Assyrian Empire has also been labeled as post-Hittite because it flourished after the collapse of the Hittite Empire. The corresponding period is called the post-Hittite period.