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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Ain Dara Neo-Hittite Temple
Ain Dara is located in northern Syria, about 65 km. northwest of Aleppo. In 1955 the discovery of a monumental basalt lion led to the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20184 min read
Karatepe and the Storm God
The Late Hittite fortress of Karatepe (also named as Aslantaş) is in the province of Osmaniye and in the district of Kadirli. The site...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20182 min read
Hittites Land - Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
The ancient Near East, and the Fertile Crescent in particular, is generally seen as the birthplace of agriculture. In the fourth...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Hittite War Chariot
Relief orthostat (stone slab at base of wall) of war chariot from Sam'al (Turkey), west side of citadel gate; Basalt; Late Hittite period...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20185 min read
The Kingdom of Mittani
The Kingdom of Mittani, known to the people of the land, and the Assyrians, as Hanigalbat and to the Egyptians as Naharin and Metani,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20185 min read
The Kigdom of Hatti - invaded by the Hittites
The Hatti were an aboriginal people in central Anatolia (present-day Turkey) who first appeared in the area around the River Kizil Irmak....
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20189 min read
Ramesses II - Victory over Hittites
Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE, alternative spellings: Ramses, Rameses) was known to the Egyptians as Userma’atre’setepenre, which means...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20188 min read
Sea Peoples - Hittite Empire
The Sea Peoples were a confederacy of naval raiders who harried the coastal towns and cities of the Mediterranean region between c....
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20182 min read
5 Key Sites Of The Hittite Empire
Although mentioned several times in the Biblical texts, the actual existence of the Hittites was largely forgotten until the late 19th...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20185 min read
Hittites and Kadesh
Kadesh was a city in the region of Syria and an important center of trade in the ancient world. It is probably best known as the site of...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20182 min read
The Hittites - Quiet Pioneers of Mesopotamia
While its origins remain mysterious even today, the Hittite Empire was one of the most significant of the Mesopotamian kingdoms, powerful...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 201812 min read
The Hittites
The Hittites occupied the ancient region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, developed a culture...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jan 16, 20187 min read
Syria & the Empires of Mesopotamia
Syria is a country located in the Middle East on the shore of Mediterranean Sea and bordered, from the north down to the west, by Turkey,...
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