Near East | Hittites

The land of Hatti

People from the Land of Hatti

Hittites, Luwians, Palaians (Indoeuropeans)

Hattians

Hurrians

People from Mesopotamia and Syria

Periodization

Old Hittite period (Old Kingdom) 1650-1500

Middle Hittite Period (Middle Kingdom) 1500-1400

Imperial Period (New Kingdom) 1400-1200

Hattusili (1267-1237)

Treaty with Egypt (Eternal Treaty or Treaty of Quadesh)

Collapse of the Land of Hatti

Hattusa

Hattusa. Periodization

1 phase (early bronze/middle bronze)

2 phase (old-assyrian colonies)

3 phase (hattusili 1)

4 phase (empire; tudhaliya 4)

5 phase (phrygian period)

Buyukkale. Royal citadel

Great temple. Temple 1

Upper city. Temple district

Sphinx gate in hattusa

Yerkapi

Hittites. Material culture and art

Monumental sculpture

Rock reliefs

Metalwork

Pottery vessels (decorated with reliefs, rhytons, animal-shaped vessels)

Inadiktepe A vase. Top frieze, acrobat, cymbals player, lute player.

Huseyinded vase

Fresco from Avaris, Egypt showing bull-leaping and bull-traming

Impression from a Banawali seal from c. 2300-1700 bce, showing an acrobat leaping over a bull

Hittite Gods

Storm God Tarhuna (Hurrian Teshub)

Sun Goddess of Arinna

Yaziliksya. Hittite rock sanctuary

Yazilikaya. Hittite rock sanctuary