Then & Now
The Hittites were a powerful people who flourished from 1600 B.C. to 1250 B.C. The live in what is today modern day Turkey which was called Anatolia. They were the first to make iron weapons and they moved into a period called the Iron Age. In the end, their enemies took over. They were a type to fight for what they had to. So please enjoy the rest of the website.
Modern day Turkey . Back then it was Anatolia.
Time Line of the Hittites
2000 B.C.
Hittite kingdom founded by Hattusilis I (c. 1700 B.C.)
Hittites of Turkey begin using iron (c. 1700 B.C.)
Hittites, under King Mursilis, conquers Aleppo (c. 1650 B.C.)
Hurrians attack the Hittite kingdom leaving it crippled (c. 1630 B.C.)
Hittites, under King Mursilis I, sack Babylon (c. 1650 B.C.)
King Telipinus reorganizes the Hittite kingdom (c. 1525 B.C.)
Kaska incursions threaten the Hittite kingdom (c. 1450 B.C.)
King Suppiluliumas I of the Hittites conquers the Mitanni (c. 1360 B.C.)
Hittites under King Mursilis II conquer the Arzawa kingdom (c. 1340 B.C.)
Egyptian army halted at Qadesh by the Hittites (1285 B.C.)
peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites (c. 1269 B.C.)
Hittite kingdom overran by the "Sea Peoples" and their allies (c. 1200 B.C.)
2000 B.C.
Hittite kingdom founded by Hattusilis I (c. 1700 B.C.)
Hittites of Turkey begin using iron (c. 1700 B.C.)
Hittites, under King Mursilis, conquers Aleppo (c. 1650 B.C.)
Hurrians attack the Hittite kingdom leaving it crippled (c. 1630 B.C.)
Hittites, under King Mursilis I, sack Babylon (c. 1650 B.C.)
King Telipinus reorganizes the Hittite kingdom (c. 1525 B.C.)
Kaska incursions threaten the Hittite kingdom (c. 1450 B.C.)
King Suppiluliumas I of the Hittites conquers the Mitanni (c. 1360 B.C.)
Hittites under King Mursilis II conquer the Arzawa kingdom (c. 1340 B.C.)
Egyptian army halted at Qadesh by the Hittites (1285 B.C.)
peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites (c. 1269 B.C.)
Hittite kingdom overran by the "Sea Peoples" and their allies (c. 1200 B.C.)
This picture is of the ancient capital of Hattusa.
