Hittites
Bronze Age empire
The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who built a powerful empire in what is now Turkey and Syria during the second millennium BCE.
They appear prominently in the Hebrew Bible as inhabitants of Canaan.
Hittite refers to the people, their language, or their civilization: Hittite inscriptions, Hittite warfare.
The rediscovery of Hittite civilization in the 19th century transformed understanding of ancient Near Eastern history.
Western Asian peninsula
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- chariotsAncient wheeled battle platforms
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
kingdom · bureaucracy · archives · diplomacy · Egypt · Ramesses · succession · collapse
Western Asian peninsula
Stylus-impressed ancient script
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- deciphermentInterpreting unknown scripts
- scribesProfessional document copiers
Divine personification of daylight
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- templesHoly places or head sides
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- festivalsOrganized communal celebrations
oracle · priests · libations · mythology · underworld · divinities
Act of unearthing
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- bronzeworkArt from copper-tin alloy
- potteryFired clay objects
seals · reliefs · stratigraphy · ruins · reconstruction · museum · Ankara · UNESCO
Anatolia
Western Asian peninsula
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- chariotsAncient wheeled battle platforms
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
vassal · kingdom · bureaucracy · archives · diplomacy · Egypt · Ramesses · succession · collapse
Anatolia
Western Asian peninsula
cuneiform
Stylus-impressed ancient script
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- deciphermentInterpreting unknown scripts
scribes · Akkadian · bilingual · archives · glosses · phonology
sungod
Divine personification of daylight
festivals · oracle · priests · libations · mythology · underworld · divinities
excavation
Act of unearthing
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- bronzeworkArt from copper-tin alloy
pottery · seals · reliefs · stratigraphy · ruins · reconstruction · museum · Ankara · UNESCO
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- historical peoplesAztecs, Babylonians, Celts, Egyptians, Gauls
- Lost CivilizationsAtlantis, Pompeii, Troy, Babylon, Mycenae
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, turkey breast, turkey leg, Anatolia
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
HittitesEgyptians
North African Arab nation's people
Chinese · Chinese civilization · Persians · Greeks · Jews
HittitesAssyrians
Ancient Mesopotamian empire builders
Babylonians · Akkadians · Phoenicians · Canaanites · Amorites