Editing Arnuwanda I (section)

===Northern border===
Closer to home, on the northern frontier, Arnuwanda was faced with the incursions of the [[Kaskians|Kaška]], who raided and plundered numerous towns and temples, including the important sanctuary of Nerik, which had to be abandoned to the enemy. In addition to police actions and the conclusion of treaties with Kaška leaders, Arnuwanda and his wife Ašmu-Nikkal offered up formal prayers to the gods, asking for their assistance in containing the threat.<ref>Bryce 2005: 142-143; Freu 2007b: 119, 123, 135-144; Weeden 2022: 569.</ref> Given the gravity of the situation, Arnuwanda also exacted oaths of loyalty from military commanders near the frontiers, both in the north and south.<ref>Bryce 2005: 142-143; Freu 2007b: 144-148; Weeden 2022: 568-569.</ref> When the Hittite vassal at Paḫḫuwa, Mita, married the daughter of a declared enemy of the Hittite monarch, Ušapa, Arnuwanda convened a public assembly, condemned Mita’s actions and demanded universal support in suppressing any disloyalty at Paḫḫuwa. The surviving sources do not preserve the resolution of the issue.<ref>Bryce 2005: 143-144.</ref> Within the context of the tensions with Mita of Paḫḫuwa, there is reference to Arnuwanda’s military intervention in the area of Kummaḫa (probably modern [[Kemah, Erzincan|Kemah]]).<ref>Freu 2007b: 117, 123-126.</ref>