Hittites
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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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- Pala (Anatolia)
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36 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Archeological discovery
- Biblical background
- Initial discoveries
- Writings
- Museums
- Geography
- History<!--'History of the Hittites' redirects here-->
- 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.