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The Hittites were an urbane and bronze age civilization that existed for over 800 years in the deep mountains of Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor. The Hittites rivaled both ancient Egypt and Babylon, and were one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world.

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Key Facts & Information

History and Background

• The superpower Hittite Empire emerged at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BCE. They were a group of Indo-Europeans which related them to the western world.
• The Hittite civilization was a hybrid one because it was formed by the blending of previous dwellers of that area, the Hatti. They were also connected with the Luwians and Hurrians; and they also established relationships with other supreme civilizations, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
• The Hittites managed to rise as a strong and powerful kingdom by the 14th and 13th century B.C. They reached their height of power under Suppiluliuma I, when it got the control of most of Anatolia along with parts of northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.
• The Hittite were finally demolished at the end of 13th century B.C., and was split into several “Neo-Hittite” states in southwestern Asia Minor and northern Syria.

Religion and Culture:

• Religion:
  • Hittite religion was polytheistic which means they had set of gods.
  • The Hattic, Mesopotamian, and Hurrian fellows had a major impact on their religion.
  • “Storm Gods” were an important part of the Hittite religion. Tarhunt was the God of war and victory. He was also named as “The Conqueror”, “The King of Kummiya”, “King of Heaven”, and “Lord of the Land of Hatti”.
• Language:
  • The Hittites communicated in Hittite and Akkadian language for official purposes and in Hurrian for commercial. Hieroglyphic Hittite was mostly used in rock drawings and inscription in stone monuments.
• Art:
  • At first, the major artifacts included hand-made pottery and different vessels with geometric paintings.
  • From about 1500 B.C., metal took over and Hittites started making artistic products out of iron. They created weapons and tools that were more powerful and efficient than those made from bronze. It might be possible that the Hittites learned this new technology from the people living in the Zagros Mountains in the western Iran.
  • From about 1500 B.C., metal took over and Hittites started making artistic products out of iron. They created weapons and tools that were more powerful and efficient than those made from bronze. It might be possible that the Hittites learned this new technology from the people living in the Zagros Mountains in the western Iran.
  • The largest constructed sculptures of the Hittite Empire include The Sphinx Gates of Alaca Höyük and Hattusa, with the monument at the spring of Eflatun Pınar.
  • Yazilikaya bas-reliefs is one of the Hittite innovations in which goddesses are represented.
• Literature:
  • Hittite writing is made out of fantasies, records, illustrious declarations, contracts, deeds, and condemnations.
  • There are a few myths, with no extraordinary scholarly legitimacy that had significant interest, such as a divine being who disappears and the earth endures some cataclysmic event because of his or her defensive consideration being pulled back, until the being in question was found once more.
  • In addition to myths, Hittite literature also contains translations Mesopotamian myths, and transcriptions of speeches with real emotion in them. One contains a clarification for why the ruler (Hattusilis) put aside one crown sovereign for another. Another transcription explains that Lord Telipinu sets out new principles of legacy of the royal position.
  • This shows the fact that in Hittite political life, (at least in its early stage) lords couldn’t just command their subjects, but needed to marshal their nobles and the rest of their people to their will. They practiced genuine authority.

Government:

• The leader of the Hittite state was the King.
• A few authorities, The Pankus, practiced autonomous rule over different parts of the administration, so the ruler did not control all parts of the kingdom.
• Hittite queens had an autonomous position inside the domain. They were high priestesses in the state religion, and some assumed a prominent job in issues of the state.
• Since they had no law of progression until around 1500 BCE, the death of the ruling frequently set off a battle for power.

Military:

• The Hittites were evidently exceptionally able at directing attacks and striking urban communities. They were one of the first to embrace the use of horses for pulling light two-wheeled chariots and made these vehicles a pillar of their field armed forces.
• Enduring works of art depict Hittite troopers as stocky and unshaven, wearing ankle-height leather shoes. For close battle, they utilized bronze knives, spears, lances, sickle-molded swords, and fight tomahawks.

Issues between Hittites and Egyptians:

• The Hittites had been making progress into the Egyptian domain and had caused trouble for the Pharaoh Thutmose III. Pharaoh Ramesses II set out to drive the Hittites from his fringes. He planned to gain a favorable position by capturing the city of Kadesh, a focal point of business which the Hittites held. Ramesses marched from Egypt as the head of more than 20,000 officers in four divisions to battle against the troops of Muwatalli, the ruler of the Hittites.

Battle of Kadesh:

• The Egyptian and Hittite armed forces had equal strength, which is most likely why both believed they would triumph. The two civic establishments flaunted solid state control and the capacity to send troops to war to battle for power over their domains. The results of these fights is questionable, however, it appears that the convenient building of Egyptian fortifications caused the Hittites to lose. The Egyptians stopped the Hittites from taking shelter in the fortification of Kadesh. However, their very own misfortunes kept them from continuing the attack. This fight occurred in the fifth year of Ramesses.

Demise of the Hittite Kingdom:

• Following an arrangement with Egypt around 1259 BCE, many years of relative harmony followed in most significant parts of the Empire.
• Amid the extraordinary fiasco around 1200 BCE, the Hittite realm was all of a sudden obliterated. It may have been because the Hittites had been experiencing a deficiency of nourishment: records on dirt tablets uncover that they had started bringing in grain from Egypt in the mid-thirteenth century BCE.
• Hattusa was inevitably relinquished by the last known ruler (Suppiluliuma II), and after that, the fortresses were torn down and the city left to ruin.

Hittite Empire Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about Hittite Empire across 24 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Hittite Empire worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the Hittites who were an urbane and bronze age civilization that existed for over 800 years in the deep mountains of Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor. The Hittites rivaled both ancient Egypt and Babylon, and were one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

• Hittite Empire Facts
• The Great Hittite Empire
• The Hattian Word Search
• Let’s do some research!
• Battle of Kadesh
• Solve the Hattian Crossword
• The Hittites
• Great Monuments of The Hittites
• Hittite Acrostic Poem
• Let’s Test Your Knowledge!
• Letter About The Hittite Empire

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