Hittites

Also known as Hittite, Hettites

right|thumb|Sphinx Gate entrance to the city thumb|The Great Temple in the inner city of Hattusa

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The Hittites were an ancient civilization centered in what is now Turkey whose capital was the city of Hattusa, featuring impressive architecture like the Great Temple and the Sphinx Gate. They represent an important part of ancient history, evidenced by the survival of their major cities and monumental structures.

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Country.native_name: ()
Country.conventional_long_name: Hittite Empire
Country.common_name: Hittites
Country.era: Bronze Age
Country.p1: Hattians
Country.p2: Kussara
Country.p3: Kanesh
Country.p4: Purushanda
Country.p5: Pala (Anatolia)
Country.p6: Third Eblaite Kingdom
Country.p7: Kizzuwatna
Country.p8: Assuwa
Country.p9: Arzawa
Country.p10: Wilusa
Country.p11: Alashiya
Country.s1: Kaskians
Country.s2: Mushki
Country.s3: Urumeans

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Commons category: Hittites
inception: 1500-00-00
start time: 1700-00-00
end time: 1200-00-00

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Contents

Etymology
Archeological discovery
Biblical background
Initial discoveries
Writings
Museums
Geography
History
Origins
Early period
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Battle of Kadesh
Downfall and demise of the kingdom
Post-Hittite period
Government
Religion of the early Hittites
The Pankus
Foreign Policy and Wars
Economy
Population
Language
Art
Religion and mythology
Law
Use of laws
Law reform
Examples of laws
Biblical Hittites
In ancient Greek mythology
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

right|thumb|Sphinx Gate entrance to the city thumb|The Great Temple in the inner city of Hattusa

The Hittites () were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in north-central Anatolia in the early 2nd millennium BC. There they formed a series of polities, including the kingdom of Kussara (before 1750 BC), the Kanesh or Nesha Kingdom (–1650 BC), and an empire centered on their capital, Hattusa (around 1650 BC). Known in modern times as the Hittite Empire, it reached its peak during the mid-14th century BC under Šuppiluliuma I, when it encompassed most of Anatolia and parts of northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia, bordering the rival empires of the Hurri-Mitanni and Assyrians.