The Rise and Fall of the Hittite Empire — why did their empire finally fail? Bronze Age 1650–1180 BC
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The Rise and Fall of the Hittite Empire — why did their empire finally fail? Bronze Age 1650–1180 BC
More than three thousand years ago, a kingdom hidden in the highlands of Anatolia became powerful enough to break the kingdom of Mitanni, challenge Egypt for control of Syria, and send an army all the way to Babylon. Its capital, Hattusha, was protected by monumental walls and filled with archives preserving treaties, prayers, laws, and royal campaigns. Yet near 1200 BC, this political system disappeared during a wider crisis that transformed the eastern Mediterranean. Its final king was still fighting when the record suddenly ends. How did the Hittites rise from a divided Anatolian world to become one of the great powers of the Bronze Age—and why did their empire finally fail?
The Rise and Fall of the Hittite Empire — why did their empire finally fail? Bronze Age 1650–1180 BC
SY History
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The Rise and Fall of the Hittite Empire — why did their empire finally fail? Bronze Age 1650–1180 BC
More than three thousand years ago, a kingdom hidden in the highlands of Anatolia became powerful enough to break the kingdom of Mitanni, challenge Egypt for control of Syria, and send an army all the way to Babylon. Its capital, Hattusha, was protected by monumental walls and filled with archives preserving treaties, prayers, laws, and royal campaigns. Yet near 1200 BC, this political system disappeared during a wider crisis that transformed the eastern Mediterranean. Its final king was still fighting when the record suddenly ends. How did the Hittites rise from a divided Anatolian world to become one of the great powers of the Bronze Age—and why did their empire finally fail?