Hittite Empire
Anatolia's bronze-age forgotten superpower
Hittite Empire2,500 BCE – 700 BCE
01
The Land Before the Hittites
pre-Hittite Hatti, Assyrian traders, and Anatolia before the empire
~2500-1750 BCE
02
The First Kings
Hattusili I, Mursili I, and the chaotic founding of a great power
~1750-1400 BCE
03
The Empire Rises
Suppiluliuma I transforms a regional kingdom into a superpower
~1400-1295 BCE
04
The Thousand Gods
a thousand gods, bilingual rituals, and Hittite religious tolerance
Religion and culture
05
Kadesh and the World's First Peace Treaty
the greatest chariot battle in history and the peace that followed
~1295-1245 BCE
06
How the Bronze Age Worked
tin routes, copper ingots, and the international Bronze Age economy
Trade and technology
07
The Fall
Sea Peoples, grain shortages, and the Bronze Age Collapse
~1210-1178 BCE
08
After the Empire
Neo-Hittite states survive, then vanish — and modern rediscovery
~1178-700 BCE + rediscovery