The Art Of The Hittites. Hittite Relief Sculptures from Malatya Turkey, showing the story of Gilgamesh. This spectacular collection of Hittite art can be found in the Ankara Archaeological Museum.

The Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia. , present day Turkey. They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height c. the 14th century BC, encompassing a large part of Anatolia, north-western Syria about as far south as the mouth of the Litani River (in present-day Lebanon), and eastward into upper Mesopotamia. The Hittite military made successful use of chariots. By the mid-14th century BC (under king Suppiluliuma I) carving out an empire that included most of Asia Minor as well as parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia. After c. 1180 BC, the empire disintegrated into several independent "Neo-Hittite" city-states, some surviving until the 8th century BC.

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The Art Of The Hittites. Hittite Relief Sculptures from Malatya Turkey, showing the story of Gilgamesh. This spectacular collection of Hittite art can be found in the Ankara Archaeological Museum.

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