Hittite Empire

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Bronze Age civilization ancient Near Eastern state ancient empire

The Hittite Empire was a powerful ancient Near Eastern civilization centered in Anatolia that flourished in the second millennium BCE and rivaled Egypt and Mesopotamia in political and military strength.

Aliases (6)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age civilization → ancient Near Eastern state → ancient empire →
alternateName	Hittite Kingdom → Kingdom of Hatti →
archaeologicalSite	Boğazköy →
capital	Hattusa → Hattusha →
collapsedDuring	Late Bronze Age collapse →
continent	Asia →
currency	silver-based economy →
endTime	c. 1180 BCE →
era	Bronze Age →
ethnicGroup	Hittites → Luwians →
flourished	2nd millennium BCE →
governmentType	monarchy →
influenced	Anatolian cultures → Neo-Hittite states →
inscriptionsFoundAt	Hattusa →
knownFor	chariot warfare → diplomatic treaties → ironworking → legal codes → syncretic pantheon →
language	Hittite language →
lastGreatKing	Suppiluliuma II →
legalSystem	Hittite laws →
locatedIn	Anatolia → Asia Minor → Near East →
majorCity	Aleppo → Hattusa → Karkemish → Tarhuntassa →
namedAfter	Hittites →
notableEvent	Battle of Kadesh → Treaty of Kadesh →
pantheonIncludes	Storm god Tarhunt → Sun goddess of Arinna →
partOf	Ancient Near East →
partOfConflict	Egyptian–Hittite wars →
peakUnder	Hattusili III → Mursili II → Suppiluliuma I →
predecessor	Old Hittite Kingdom →
region	Central Anatolia →
religion	Hittite religion →
rival	Assyria → Babylonia → Mitanni → New Kingdom of Egypt →
startTime	c. 17th century BCE →
successor	Neo-Hittite states → Syro-Hittite states →
treatyWith	New Kingdom of Egypt →
writingSystem	Luwian hieroglyphs → cuneiform →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hittite Empire ("Hittite Kingdom") → Hittite Empire ("Kingdom of Hatti") →	alternateName
Bronze Age ("Hittites") → Hittite (Nesite) →	associatedWith
Anatolian languages → Hurrian →	spokenIn
Phoenician civilization → Ugarit →	tradedWith
Canaan ("Hittites") →	associatedPeople
Boğazköy (Hattusa) ("Hittites") →	associatedWithPeople
Boğazköy (Hattusa) →	capitalOf
Aegean Bronze Age →	chronologicalOverlap
Assyria →	culturalInfluenceOn
Luwian polities →	culturallyRelatedTo
New Kingdom of Egypt →	engagedWith
Hittite Empire ("Hittites") →	ethnicGroup
Department of Near Eastern Antiquities ("Hittite civilization") →	focusesOn
Tarsus ("Hittites") →	foundedBy
Ancient Mediterranean world →	hasPart
Anatolia ("Hittites") →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Perizzites ("Hittites") →	mentionedAlongside
Jebusites ("Hittites") →	neighboringPeoples
Canaanites →	neighbors
Late Bronze Age →	overlapsWith
Hittite Empire ("Old Hittite Kingdom") →	predecessor
Palaic →	region
Luwian polities ("Hittites") →	sharedPantheonWith
Cuneiform Luwian ("Hittite Empire context") →	usedIn
Anatolia →	wasCenterOf