| Period or Event | King | Time-Frame | Overview |
| Arrival of Hittites | < 2000 BC | Hittites drifted into central Anatolia from the Caucasus during the second half of the 3rd millenium BC. They retained the name Hatti from their land but called their language Neshian. Also entering Anatolia were the Luvians (south and west) and Palaians (north and northwest). | |
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| Old Hittite Kingdom | 1650-1400 BC | ||
| Hattushili I | Hattushili I built an empire via military campaigns in Central Anatolia and to the south in northern Syria. He re-introduced cuneiform writing into the derelect Hattian site of Hattush when he chose it for the Hittite capital Hattusha. | ||
| Murshili | Murshili continued Hattushili I’s southward campaigns, delving further south in an effort to seize the Mesopotamian trade routes. The Hittites conquered Aleppo and even reached Babylon to topple Hammurabi’s dynasty. Murshili was murdered. |
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p 173-
Seeher, Jürgen. 2006. Hattusha Guide: A Day in the Hittite Capital. Ege Yayinlary: Istanbul.
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p 175
| Period or Event | King | Time-Frame | Overview |
| Lands south of the Taurus and distant territories to the south and east of Anatolia were captured from the Hittites by the Mitanni. Attacks of marauding Kashkan tribes living in the northern mountains of Central Antaolia became a direct threat to Hattusha. Hattusha was destroyed in 1400 BC under the reign of Tudhaliya III; a cuneiform text explains, “Hattusha, the city, was burned to the ground and only [ . . . ] and the Heshti-House of [ . . . ] remained standing” 2. Hittite hegemony was limited to the Central Anatolian plateau 1. |
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p 173-
Seeher, Jürgen. 2006. Hattusha Guide: A Day in the Hittite Capital. Ege Yayinlary: Istanbul.
2
p 175
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