The Hittite Empire emerged around 1650 BC in semi-arid central Anatolia, a region that includes much of modern 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 ...

No one knows for sure what happened to the ancient Hittite Empire. For nearly 500 years, its dominion extended across much of modern Turkey and into Syria and Lebanon. Its kings dwelled in massive ...

Archaeologists discovered a royal seal from the ancient Hittite Empire that warns of death if a contract is broken. Contracts during this time often had consequences if broken, but death as a ...

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 ...

Most noteworthy non-governmental preoccupations of President-Dictator Mustafa Kamal Ataturk of Turkey are history, archeology, language. Long ago Dictator Kamal Ataturk set archeologists to work ...

The Hittite Empire ruled much of Anatolia and what is now Syria from about 1650 until about 1200 B.C. Most famously, they fought Egypt for control of Canaan in 1274 B.C. at the Battle of Kadesh, ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the north of Turkey. It was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, a great power in the late Bronze Age around 1650 to 1200 BC.

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. ...

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