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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Hittite Empire canonical 62
Hittites 19
Hittite civilization 4

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age civilization ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern state ⓘ
ancient empire ⓘ
alternateName Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittite Kingdom

Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Hatti
archaeologicalSite Boğazköy ⓘ
capital Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa

Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusha
collapsedDuring Late Bronze Age collapse ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
currency silver-based economy ⓘ
endTime c. 1180 BCE ⓘ
era Bronze Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hittite Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hittites

Luwians ⓘ
flourished 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
influenced Anatolian cultures ⓘ
Luwian polities ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Hittite states
inscriptionsFoundAt Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa
knownFor chariot warfare ⓘ
diplomatic treaties ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
legal codes ⓘ
syncretic pantheon ⓘ
language Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittite language
lastGreatKing Suppiluliuma II ⓘ
legalSystem Hittite laws ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: Near East
majorCity Aleppo ⓘ
Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa

Karkemish ⓘ
Tarhuntassa ⓘ
namedAfter Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittites
notableEvent Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
Treaty of Kadesh ⓘ
pantheonIncludes Baal ⓘ
surface form: Storm god Tarhunt

Sun goddess of Arinna ⓘ
partOf Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East
partOfConflict Egyptian–Hittite wars ⓘ
peakUnder Hattusili III ⓘ
Mursili II ⓘ
Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
predecessor Hittite Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Hittite Kingdom
region Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Central Anatolia
religion Hittite religion ⓘ
rival Assyria ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Mitanni ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
startTime c. 17th century BCE ⓘ
successor Luwian polities ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Hittite states

Luwian polities ⓘ
surface form: Syro-Hittite states
treatyWith New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
writingSystem Luwian hieroglyphs ⓘ
cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (101)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anatolian languages → spokenIn → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → tradedWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Canaan → associatedPeople → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Bronze Age → associatedWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Hittite Empire → alternateName → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite Kingdom
Hittite Empire → alternateName → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Hatti
Hittite Empire → predecessor → Hittite Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Hittite Kingdom
Hittite Empire → ethnicGroup → Hittite Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Palaic → region → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Cuneiform Luwian → usedIn → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite Empire context
Luwian polities → sharedPantheonWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Luwian polities → culturallyRelatedTo → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Assyria → culturalInfluenceOn → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Boğazköy (Hattusa) → capitalOf → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Boğazköy (Hattusa) → associatedWithPeople → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Hittite (Nesite) → associatedWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Hurrian → spokenIn → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Aegean Bronze Age → chronologicalOverlap → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → focusesOn → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite civilization
New Kingdom of Egypt → engagedWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Tarsus → foundedBy → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Late Bronze Age → overlapsWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Anatolia → historicallyInhabitedBy → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Anatolia → wasCenterOf → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Canaanites → neighbors → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Perizzites → mentionedAlongside → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Jebusites → neighboringPeoples → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Ugarit → tradedWith → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Babylonians → conqueredBy → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Cilicia → ruledBy → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Israelite conquest of Canaan → opponent → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Asian Turkey → historicalRegionOf → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite civilization
sons of Heth → ethnicity → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Arameans → neighboringPeople → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Mitanni → successor → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Mitanni → diplomaticRelations → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Kadesh → concludedBetween → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Kadesh → signedOnBehalfOf → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite Kingdom
Suppiluliuma I → country → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Mursili II → country → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Mursili II → dynasty → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite New Kingdom
Mursili II → ethnicGroup → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Mursili II → historicalPeriod → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kingdom of the Hittite Empire
Late Bronze Age collapse → affectedCivilization → Hittite Empire ⓘ
Hittite laws → legalSystemOf → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite civilization
Hittite laws → appliesTo → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite Kingdom
Hittite laws → appliesToPeriod → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Hittite Kingdom
Sun goddess of Arinna → worshippedBy → Hittite Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Egyptian–Hittite wars → conflictBetween → Hittite Empire ⓘ