hittites student presentation

8/18/2019 Hittites Student Presentation

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HittitesBy:

Alli Pritchard

Robert Schorr Jessica Hamilton

Nick dehr

Nolan Mullikin

Chad Rallo


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Rise to Power

• Around !!! BC Hittites entered Asia Minor which was"o"ulated by small so"histicated kin#doms

• $hey were established in %&th century and be#an toe'"and around %(!! BC when a series o) #reat kin#s

came about• $he e'"ansion went into Syria and "ast the *u"hrates

Ri+er

• *#y"t also wanted the control o+er Syria, there)ore therewas con)lict

• A)ter decades o) con)lict they si#ned a treaty and amutual de)ense "act


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-o+ernment

• Ca"ital was Hattusas

• $hey had the )irst constitutional monarchy

•$he leader was called .-reat /in#0 or.-reat Sun0

• $he kin# was in char#e o) the military and

was also the reli#ious leader

• $heir Primary cities were alon# the Halys

Ri+er

• *+eryone had ri#hts, e+en sla+es1


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2eaders

• He was killed by a 3ealous

relation

•/in# Mursuli ransacked Babylon in %4(4 B1C1

•$hey were ori#inally city5states until kin# 2abarnasleader o) /assara united them•He chan#ed his name to Hattusilis•*'"ansion was blocked by the 6amkhad whose

ca"ital was Ale""o•Mursilis was able to, a)ter his #rand)ather died, dri+eout the Hurrians and con7uer Ale""o


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2eaders cont1

• /in# $eli"inus marks the end o) the 8ld /in#dom set

u"

• instituted "olitical re)orms which hel"ed maintain the

state until the Hittite *m"ire could be established• Rules )or the succession to the throne

• insisted on the loyalty o) the nobility

• established a court 9made u" o) all o) the soldiers and

nobles, called a "ankus to handle #rie+ances a#ainst

the kin#

• the earliest known instance o) anythin# resemblin# a

;democratic; body in an


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2eaders -alore

• $udhaliyas


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/in# Ashurbani"al• 8n an account o) actions taken a#ainst the cities

who re+olted and callin# u"on the #ods to destroy

all who o""osed him, o+erthrowin# their kin#dom

and blottin# out their names )rom the land said

.>ith the )ury o) my wea"ons < stormed the city1 <

)layed all the chie) men who had re+olted and <

co+ered a "illar with their skins1 Some < im"aled

on the "illar on stakes? < )ashioned a heroic

ima#e o) my royal sel), my "ower, and my #lory


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Military

• Hittite )oot troo"s made e'tensi+e use o)the "ower)ul recur+ed bow and bron=e5

ti""ed arrows• $he Hittite army was the )ormation, which

)or the )irst time in history armed its soldiersin iron and "roduced lar#e amounts1

• $he main stren#th o) the army was thechariot


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Military continued?

• $he colla"se o) the state ha""ened about

%!! BC1• Historians link it with military "ressure o)

so5called $he Sea Peo"les1

• Some Hittites mana#ed to withdrew tonorthern Syria, where they )ounded

se+eral cities5 states1


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Hittite >ar)are

• $hey also use chariots able to hold @

"eo"le soldiers and a dri+er1• $he Battle o) /adesh was lost by the

Hittites a#ainst *#y"t1

• /in#s are considered chie) rulers, militaryleaders, and su"reme 3ud#es1 $hey also

become -ods a)ter they die1


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2an#ua#e

• $he Hittites s"eak an


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Reli#ion Culture

• $hey were "olytheistic

• $he kin# o) the hittites was the hi#h "riest• $he storm #od whos name was $eshub,

was the most im"ortant #od

• $hey used seal im"ressions

• $hey had a writin# system usin#

cunei)orm

• $hey also used hiero#ly"hics


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Reli#ion Culture continued11

• $he local #ods mainly dealt with

controllin# the weather

• Hattia as the oldest #od o) the hittites

• Hattia would lead the kin# to win a war

• $hey did cremation when the kin# died

• Dsed ( di))erent lan#ua#es in theirterritories


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*conomy

• >as lar#ely based on a#riculture and raisin#shee"

• $hey had a lar#e amount o) lead, sil+er, and

co""er • $hey were +ery #ood metal workers, and one o)

the earliest iron makers

• Controlled trade with Meso"otamia

• As their em"ire e'"anded and they be#an toha+e more control o+er trade they ran into"roblems with *y#"t

• A#riculture included #ra"es, a""le,"ome#ranate, tri#o and barley


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Eecline and Fall

• $he *m"ire was suddenly destroyed in

%G!! B1C1

• $he ca"ital Hattusas was burned

•


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>orks Cited• htt":history5world1or#hittites1htm

• htt":www1metmuseum1or#toahhdhtithdIhtit1htm

• htt":www1britishmuseum1or#e'"loreculturesmiddleIe

asthittites1as"'

• World History The Human Experience

• http://www.angelfire.com/

• http://sugargraphic.com/

• http:// chronicle1uchica#o1edu

• htt":)orums1ci+)anatics1com

• htt":www1o=torah1com• htt":www1alternatehistory1com

• htt":home1earthlink1net

• htt":commons1wikimedia1or#

• htt":www1citybirds1com


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Citations Continued• http://www.allaboutturkey.com/

• http://indepthinfo.com/• http://mapsoftheworld.com/

• http://hitties.info/history/

• http://shamah-elm.info/hittites/

• http://youtube.com/

• htt":www1war)actory1co1uk#alleryalan%4alan%4#allery1

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• htt":www1armenian5history1com

• htt":"redator"ress1blo#s"ot1com

• htt":e+eryhistory1or#

• htt":=a#ros5meso"otamia5anatolia5kurds1blo#s"ot1com

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