What Country Did They Live In? The Hittites were unknown to the modern world until 1900 AD, when a tablet with an unknown inscription was excavated. The tablet was later translated and gave the world the information of their existence. Hattie was their home land and Hattusas was the name of their capital.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Ancient_Civilizations/Hittites
This weak Middle Kingdom lasted for about one hundred years While the Old Hittite Kingdom was indeed strong, the New Hittite Kingdom, lasting from about 1400 through 1193 BC was even more powerful. In fact, at the time, it was one of the most powerful kingdoms in the known world, rivaling Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/hittites.htm
Early kings of the Hittite Old Kingdom, such as Hattusilis I (reigned c. 1650-c. 1620 BC), consolidated and extended Hittite control over much of Anatolia and northern Syria. Hattusilis' grandson Mursilis I raided down the Euphrates River to Babylon, putting an end (c. 1590 BC) to the Amorite dynasty there.
http://history-world.org/hittites.htm
A group of tribes, speaking Indo-European languages and collectively known as the Hittites, establish themselves as the dominant power in Anatolia. Their capital is at Bogazkoy, a dramatically fortified city on a steep slope among ravines; its walls and towers enclose no fewer than five great temples.
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When the clay tablets of this archive are discovered, in the 20th century, they provide the basis for our knowledge of the Hittites. The magic of iron: from 1500 BC. The Hittites are the first people to work iron, in Anatolia from about 1500 BC.
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c. 1700 BCE. The Hittites invade the region of the Hatti and begin a systematic campaign against them. The great city of Hattusa is sacked and destroyed. 1650 BCE. Under the Hittite Warrior-King Hattusili, campaigns are carried to completion subjugating the Hatti. Hattusa is re-built as the Hittite capital.
http://www.ancient.eu/timeline/hittite/
1700 BCE: The Hittites invade the region of the Hatti and begin a systematic campaign against them. The great city of Hattusa is sacked and destroyed. 1650 BCE: Under the Hittite Warrior-King Hattusili, campaigns are carried to completion subjugating the Hatti. Hattusa is re-built as the Hittite capital.
http://www.ancient.eu/timeline/hittite/
The Old Hittite Kingdom. The two main periods of Hittite history are customarily referred to as the Old Kingdom (c. 1700-c. 1500 BC) and the New Kingdom, or Empire (c. 1400-c. 1180). The less well-documented interlude of about a hundred years is sometimes referred to as the Middle Kingdom.
http://history-world.org/hittites.htm
In the 12th century the Hittite empire suddenly collapses - overwhelmed, it is thought, by the onrush of the Sea Peoples. These terrifying intruders are described in Egyptian chronicles as raging down the coast to threaten the frontiers of Egypt in about 1218 and again in 1182 BC.
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The Hittites were a group of Indo-European whose empire stretched across Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Palestine. Most of modern Turkey is considered to be the home land of the Hittite people. The peak of their civilization was reached from 1600 to 1200 BC. Their civilization ended as suddenly as it started.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Ancient_Civilizations/Hittites
when did the hittites start
The Hittites started in 1700 BCE. The Hittite was started in 1700 BCE. 