The Hittite Empire disappeared from history together with the Aegean Migrations in the late 2nd millennium BC. With the disappearance of the Hittites from history, various city states were established in the Eastern Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia, Central Anatolia, Northern Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean regions as the Late Hittite Kingdoms. Tabal kingdom, being one of these city states, continued to dominate the geography including Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray and Niğde provinces. The strategic location of the Tabal Kingdom and its potential for raw materials became  the most vital factor shaping the historical and political geography of Central Anatolia Region in the Middle Iron Age because the geography of Tabal was always a field of struggle for important political forces of the time such as Assyrian, Urartu and Phrygian.The military and political developments in the Central Anatolian Region in the Middle Iron Age were shaped  depending the military expeditions of Assur on that geography. The intensive Asurian pressure for the region caused all the local political forces,particularly Tabal, in Anatolia and Northern Syria to create coalitions against Assyria.Yet, the coalitions in question failed to eliminate the Assyrian threat in the Anatolian and Northern Syrian geographies. Even at times, these coalitions were the most important reason for the military expeditions into the northern regions that  Assyrians carried out.