| 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
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