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The Hittites established the capital of their empire at Hattusa around 1600 BCE. This is in modern-day Turkey. The Hittite kingdom grew throughout the next 400 years to encompass areas of Asia Minor/Anatolia, the northern Levant, and Upper Mesopotamia.
Anatolia makes up the westernmost portion of Asia which makes up most of modern-day Turkey. The Levant is an area that consists of southern Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. Upper Mesopotamia is located in modern-day southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iraq, and northeastern Syria.
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What were the Hittites known for?
The Hittites were most known for their excellent ironwork skills.
What technology did the hittites invent?
All I know is that the Hittites invented steel tools and the chariot
What does hittites mean?
The Hittites are a people who established an empire in what is now Turkey in the second millenium BCE, roughly between 1550 and 1000
Whom did the new kingdom drive from Egypt?
Hittites
What did the Hittites take from the Babylonian?
they took away their land.
Which group eventually overran Babylon?
Hittites
Did Hittites have kings?
yes, the Hittites did have kings in the ancient world
Pharaoh that made peace with the hittites?
Ramses the great made a treaty with the hittites
How do you use the word Hittites in a sentence?
The Hittites went out to war against the Ammorites.
When did the kassites conquer the hittites?
The kassites conquered the Hittites around 1595 BC.
How did the hittites gain power?
They gained power by taking over Hittites empire
What were the Hittites known for?
The Hittites were most known for their excellent ironwork skills.
Which group of invaders did the Ramses the great defeat?
He defeated the Hittites a group from the Asia Minor.
What languages were spoken by the Hittites?
The people of Hittites spoke the language of Nesite. It is an extinct language spoken by the people of Hittites who created an empire in modern day Turkey.
What was the first group to rule after Hammurabi?
The first group to rule after Hammurabi was Hittites.
How are the Phoenicians and the Hittites different?
The Hittites expanded militarily, the Phoenicians expanded through trade.
Did the Assyrian learn from the Hittites?
the people of assur learned warfare from their neighbors to the west,the hittites
