The Hittite Empire arose circa 1650 BC in semi-arid central Anatolia, which encompassed much of current Turkey. ... which matches the timeline of the Hittite's disappearance. ...

Not to be confused with Suppiluliuma I, Suppiluliuma II was allegedly the last Great King of the Hittite Empire. There is not a whole lot known about him or his reign as historians have only found ...

Bronze Age empire. Archaeologists think the first Hittite kingdoms formed in central Anatolia — now Turkey — in about 2100 B.C. and the Hittites had become a major regional power by 1450 B.C ...

The Hittites are one of the world's oldest known civilizations, with the world's oldest known Indo-European language, and excavations at that site have been ongoing for more than 100 years, the ...

Climate change may explain mysterious collapse of ancient Hittite Empire Scientists say rings of juniper wood from 3,000 years ago show three-straight years with low growth, suggesting a prolonged ...

Back to homepage / Live news Climate change may have toppled Hittite Empire: study. Paris (AFP) – Three years of extreme drought may have brought about the collapse of the mighty Hittite Empire ...

For more than 500 years, the empire’s military might and sociopolitical complexity allowed the Hittites to control the strategic region straddling eastern Anatolia and the northern Levant. But by ...

New research suggests drought accelerated empire collapse. Cornell University. Journal Nature DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-05693-y ...

The Hittites are one of the world's oldest known civilizations, with the world's oldest known Indo-European language, and excavations at that site have been ongoing for more than 100 years, the ...

The Hittites dominated Anatolia in modern-day Turkey for nearly 500 years, even rivalling the power of the Egyptian Empire for a period. They were one of several influential ancient civilisations ...