Hittite Empire

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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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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

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Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites politicalEntity Hittite Empire
subject surface form: Hittites