Hittite Empire (New Kingdom)

Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) was an empire in Anatolia (Middle East) that lasted from c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, about 220 years. Its people spoke Anatolian languages (Hittite, Luwian, Lydian, Lycian).

Suppiluliuma I destroyed Mitanni and took northern Syria, making the Hittites Egypt's great rival. After Kadesh they signed the oldest known peace treaty, then Hattusa was abandoned around 1180 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1400 to 1180 BCE

Duration

220 years

Type

Empire

Region

Anatolia, Middle East

Language family

Anatolian

Capital

Hattusa, briefly Tarhuntassa

Came from

• Hittite Old Kingdom c. 1650 to 1400 BCE

Became

• Syro-Hittite states c. 1180 to 710 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh

Neighbours in Middle East

• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Middle Assyrian Empire 1365 to 912 BCE
• Kassite Babylonia c. 1595 to 1155 BCE
• Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE
• Mitanni c. 1550 to 1260 BCE
• Hittite Old Kingdom c. 1650 to 1400 BCE
• Dilmun c. 2800 to 544 BCE
• Troy c. 3000 to 1180 BCE
• Byblos c. 2800 to 1200 BCE
• Qatna c. 2000 to 1340 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

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