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HittitesBy:
Alli Pritchard
Robert Schorr Jessica Hamilton
Nick dehr
Nolan Mullikin
Chad Rallo
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Rise to Power
• Around !!! BC Hittites entered Asia Minor which was"o"ulated by small so"histicated kin#doms
• $hey were established in %&th century and be#an toe'"and around %(!! BC when a series o) #reat kin#s
came about• $he e'"ansion went into Syria and "ast the *u"hrates
Ri+er
• *#y"t also wanted the control o+er Syria, there)ore therewas con)lict
• A)ter decades o) con)lict they si#ned a treaty and amutual de)ense "act
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-o+ernment
• Ca"ital was Hattusas
• $hey had the )irst constitutional monarchy
•$he leader was called .-reat /in#0 or.-reat Sun0
• $he kin# was in char#e o) the military and
was also the reli#ious leader
• $heir Primary cities were alon# the Halys
Ri+er
• *+eryone had ri#hts, e+en sla+es1
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2eaders
• He was killed by a 3ealous
relation
•/in# Mursuli ransacked Babylon in %4(4 B1C1
•$hey were ori#inally city5states until kin# 2abarnasleader o) /assara united them•He chan#ed his name to Hattusilis•*'"ansion was blocked by the 6amkhad whose
ca"ital was Ale""o•Mursilis was able to, a)ter his #rand)ather died, dri+eout the Hurrians and con7uer Ale""o
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2eaders cont1
• /in# $eli"inus marks the end o) the 8ld /in#dom set
u"
• instituted "olitical re)orms which hel"ed maintain the
state until the Hittite *m"ire could be established• Rules )or the succession to the throne
• insisted on the loyalty o) the nobility
• established a court 9made u" o) all o) the soldiers and
nobles, called a "ankus to handle #rie+ances a#ainst
the kin#
• the earliest known instance o) anythin# resemblin# a
;democratic; body in an
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2eaders -alore
• $udhaliyas
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/in# Ashurbani"al• 8n an account o) actions taken a#ainst the cities
who re+olted and callin# u"on the #ods to destroy
all who o""osed him, o+erthrowin# their kin#dom
and blottin# out their names )rom the land said
.>ith the )ury o) my wea"ons < stormed the city1 <
)layed all the chie) men who had re+olted and <
co+ered a "illar with their skins1 Some < im"aled
on the "illar on stakes? < )ashioned a heroic
ima#e o) my royal sel), my "ower, and my #lory
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Military
• Hittite )oot troo"s made e'tensi+e use o)the "ower)ul recur+ed bow and bron=e5
ti""ed arrows• $he Hittite army was the )ormation, which
)or the )irst time in history armed its soldiersin iron and "roduced lar#e amounts1
• $he main stren#th o) the army was thechariot
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Military continued?
• $he colla"se o) the state ha""ened about
%!! BC1• Historians link it with military "ressure o)
so5called $he Sea Peo"les1
• Some Hittites mana#ed to withdrew tonorthern Syria, where they )ounded
se+eral cities5 states1
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Hittite >ar)are
• $hey also use chariots able to hold @
"eo"le soldiers and a dri+er1• $he Battle o) /adesh was lost by the
Hittites a#ainst *#y"t1
• /in#s are considered chie) rulers, militaryleaders, and su"reme 3ud#es1 $hey also
become -ods a)ter they die1
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2an#ua#e
• $he Hittites s"eak an
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Reli#ion Culture
• $hey were "olytheistic
• $he kin# o) the hittites was the hi#h "riest• $he storm #od whos name was $eshub,
was the most im"ortant #od
• $hey used seal im"ressions
• $hey had a writin# system usin#
cunei)orm
• $hey also used hiero#ly"hics
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Reli#ion Culture continued11
• $he local #ods mainly dealt with
controllin# the weather
• Hattia as the oldest #od o) the hittites
• Hattia would lead the kin# to win a war
• $hey did cremation when the kin# died
• Dsed ( di))erent lan#ua#es in theirterritories
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*conomy
• >as lar#ely based on a#riculture and raisin#shee"
• $hey had a lar#e amount o) lead, sil+er, and
co""er • $hey were +ery #ood metal workers, and one o)
the earliest iron makers
• Controlled trade with Meso"otamia
• As their em"ire e'"anded and they be#an toha+e more control o+er trade they ran into"roblems with *y#"t
• A#riculture included #ra"es, a""le,"ome#ranate, tri#o and barley
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Eecline and Fall
• $he *m"ire was suddenly destroyed in
%G!! B1C1
• $he ca"ital Hattusas was burned
•
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>orks Cited• htt":history5world1or#hittites1htm
• htt":www1metmuseum1or#toahhdhtithdIhtit1htm
• htt":www1britishmuseum1or#e'"loreculturesmiddleIe
asthittites1as"'
• World History The Human Experience
• http://www.angelfire.com/
• http://sugargraphic.com/
• http:// chronicle1uchica#o1edu
• htt":)orums1ci+)anatics1com
• htt":www1o=torah1com• htt":www1alternatehistory1com
• htt":home1earthlink1net
• htt":commons1wikimedia1or#
• htt":www1citybirds1com
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Citations Continued• http://www.allaboutturkey.com/
• http://indepthinfo.com/• http://mapsoftheworld.com/
• http://hitties.info/history/
• http://shamah-elm.info/hittites/
• http://youtube.com/
• htt":www1war)actory1co1uk#alleryalan%4alan%4#allery1
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• htt":www1armenian5history1com
• htt":"redator"ress1blo#s"ot1com
• htt":e+eryhistory1or#
• htt":=a#ros5meso"otamia5anatolia5kurds1blo#s"ot1com