boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in...
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The Hattusa Green Stone is a roughly cubic block of nephrite standing in the remains of the Great Temple at Hattusa, capital of the Hittites in the late...
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the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and an empire centered on Hattusa (around 1650 BC). Known in modern times as the Hittite Empire, it reached...
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clay tablet (indexed KBo 71.145) from the Bogazköy Archive excavated at Hattusa, the Hittite capital. The tablet, written in Hittite cuneiform of the 13th...
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while some claim he was killed during the sack of Hattusa in 1190 BC. The violent end of Hattusa as the Hittite capital is now doubted, and it is suspected...
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Isuwa to the east, as well as other enemies of the Hittites, and burn Hattusa, the Hittite capital, to the ground. They probably also burned the Hittites'...
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Phrygian ruins. Yazılıkaya (Turkish: Inscribed rock) was a sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, today in the Çorum Province, Turkey...
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Hittite kingdom was a large kingdom in Central Anatolia, with its capital of Hattusa. It co-existed in Anatolia with Palaians and Luwians, approximately between...
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Hittites, a people of Bronze Age Anatolia who created an empire centred on Hattusa, as well as parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia. The language...
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earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC). c. 1180 BC—Invaders raze Hattusa, causing the collapse of the Hittite Empire. "1177 B.C.: When Civilization...
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texts found on the site of the capital of the Hittite state, the city of Hattusas (now Bogazkoy in Turkey). They are the oldest extant documents of the state...
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religion are lacking among the tablets recovered at the Hittite capital Hattusa and other Hittite sites. Thus, "there are no canonical scriptures, no theological...
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Ancient Hittite relief carving from Yazılıkaya, a sanctuary at Hattusa, depicting twelve gods of the underworld,[failed verification] whom the Hittites...
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Hattush may refer to: Hattush or Hattusa, the ancient Hittite capital (in Turkey) Hattush, mentioned in Ezra 8 in the Hebrew Bible, one of the exiles...
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unknown language preserved on several tablet fragments from the archives of Hattusa and argued on methodological grounds that it is the Kaskean language. Joachim...
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Along with Hattusa and Katapa, it was one of the capitals from which the Hittite kings reigned during the year. Travelling from Hattusa, the royal entourage...
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their rounded, conical shape. c. 1600 BC—Hittites establish capital at Hattusa (near modern Boğazkale, Turkey). 1602 BC—Death of Shem, son of Noah, according...
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den Bogazköy-Texten (abbreviated StBoT; lit. Studies in the Bogazköy (Hattusa) Texts) edited by the German Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur...
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cuneiform tablets found at Çorum-Boğazköy, the former Hittite capital Hattusa. The contest is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of Puruli. The...
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peripheral to their core lands in Mesopotamia, the Hittites were centered at Hattusa (modern Boğazkale) in north-central Anatolia by the 17th century BCE. They...
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Pylos and Gaza was violently destroyed, and many were abandoned, including Hattusa, Mycenae, and Ugarit, with Robert Drews claiming that, "Within a period...
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perhaps compiled by Hattusili I, one of the earliest Hittite kings of Hattusa. The Anitta text indicates that Anitta's father conquered Neša (Kanesh...
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Göreme Divriği Istanbul Hattusa Gordion Mount Nemrut Arslantepe Hierapolis – Pamukkale Xanthos–Letoon Safranbolu Troy Selimiye Mosque Çatalhöyük Pergamon...
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Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa. c. 1200 BC: The Israelite highland settlement takes place, with a notable...
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the following places: Boğazkale, a town and district in Çorum Province Hattusa, the ancient Hittite site located near Boğazkale Boğazköy, Amasya Boğazköy...
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Canaan (section Hattusa letters)
"travel to Canaan" of an Assyrian official. Four references are known from Hattusa: An evocation to the Cedar Gods: Includes reference to Canaan alongside...
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century BC) Proto-Hittite (c. 2100 BC) Kanišite Hittite (c. 1935–1710 BC) Ḫattuša Hittite (c. 1650–1180 BC) In addition, the Kalašma language is believed...
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region of Hattian cities of northern central Anatolia: as were Nerik, Hattusa, and probably Sapinuwa, and Zalpuwa was thought to have been founded by...
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Hattusili III (Hittite: "from Hattusa") was king of the Hittite empire (New Kingdom) c. 1275–1245 BC (middle chronology) or 1267–1237 BC (short chronology...
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Egyptians clearly saw Arzawa as capable of controlling that whole area. Hattusa was sacked, and the court had to move to a temporary base, probably at...
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