Hitties History

Hittites, BC Between 2000 and 1200 a large part of Anatolia and northern Syria ruled. The language of the Hittites belonged to the Indo – European family, and they probably came to Anatolia from the Caucasus. A few centuries before the establishment of their kingdom came to Anatolia and the Indigenous People Hattiler gained power over time and established the Hittite state. The Hittites formed a new cultural identity by owning deep-rooted accumulation in Central Anatolia, the Hatti country, and by being influenced by other Near Eastern civilizations.

B.C. In the 1650s / 1600s, Hattusili, which means Hattusa, established the first Hittite kingdom in Boğazköy / Hattusha, which is within the borders of today’s Çorum. In the time of Murphy I., the borders of the kingdom went beyond Anatolia; Aleppo in the south, descended to Babylon. After this date, the Hittites, which exhibited a bold political success, The young and dynamic I. Şuppiluliuma who lived on the throne in the middle of the 14th century experienced their brightest periods.

B.C. The Hittite state, which had become one of the important empires in the 13th century, entered a rivalry with Egypt, which wanted to prove its power in the Eastern Mediterranean. This rift, BC. In 1285 near Kadeş city in northern Syria, with the Hittite army under the control of Muqatallı, The army of the Egyptian army, led by Ramses, reached the peak with the war. The Hittites won this war, though it is not a definite bit. BC after the Battle of Kadesh. The peace treaty, signed in 1269, is the oldest formal written treaty that has come to date. At this time, the important states of the world were Babylonian, Assyrian, and perhaps Mycenaean federation. The Hittites and the Egyptians were the super powers of the world.

A century after this bright period BC. In the 1200s the Hittite Empire was destroyed by the invasion of the Sea Peoples from the west and the capital Hattusha was abandoned.

After the collapse of the central Hittite state, the period of bronze ages and the beginning of the iron age began, a period in Central Anatolia where half of the nomads lived and was called the Dark Ages. In the south-east of Anatolia, BC. Between 1100 and 700, small city states called Late Hittite Kingdoms continued their existence. However, a central Late Hittite state was not established in this region.