Suppiluliama II (The Egypto-Hittite Empire)

Suppiluliama II was the King of Zannanza, reigning from his father Zannanza II's death in c.1200 BC to his own death 19 years later. Under his rule, the Zannanzans survived the Bronze Age collapse, thanks to his effective federal system of government in which the kingdom was divided into multiple provinces, each ruled by a local governor who had to swear loyalty to the Zannanzan monarch. The reason why this helped make the kingdom relatively immune to the bronze age collapse was that this made the kingdom easy to govern, with each of the province's governors being able to run a small segment of the kingdom and therefore make it easier to prevent the chaos and decline of the nation.

Another major decision he made was to restore the Pankus, a legislative assembly which shared the power of the king during the days of the Hittite kingdom, as well as to serve as a sort of court of law. This assembly was abolished when the Hittite and Egyptian kingdoms formally merged as the Kingdom of Zannanza in c.1255 BC. Suppilulima also made a new edict stating that any royal decree made by the monarch of Zannanza would have to first be passed by the Pankus in a vote, and any law made by the Pankus would have to be approved by the king. This system replaced the Absolute monarchy that was already in place in Zannanza. Suppiluliama died in c.1181 BC and was succeeded by his son Arunahetip I.