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... Hittite old kingdom ( c . 1700 - c . 1500 BC ) , and in the Late Bronze Age they made up the homeland of the Hittite empire ( c . 1400 - c . 1190 BC ) . The seven centuries that followed are loosely referred to as the Iron Age . PRE - ...
... Hittite old kingdom ( c . 1700 - c . 1500 BC ) , and in the Late Bronze Age they made up the homeland of the Hittite empire ( c . 1400 - c . 1190 BC ) . The seven centuries that followed are loosely referred to as the Iron Age . PRE - ...
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... Hittite history . In about 1190 BC the empire was destroyed and the Hittites driven from their homeland on the Anatolian plateau by the Phrygians , but in the 10th - 8th centuries they reappeared as part occupants of small city - states ...
... Hittite history . In about 1190 BC the empire was destroyed and the Hittites driven from their homeland on the Anatolian plateau by the Phrygians , but in the 10th - 8th centuries they reappeared as part occupants of small city - states ...
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... Hittite theologians as a distinct personality . There are even special weather gods , such as the weather god of the ... Hittite Anatolia was clearly the weather god , as befits a country dependent on rain for its fertility ; and under ...
... Hittite theologians as a distinct personality . There are even special weather gods , such as the weather god of the ... Hittite Anatolia was clearly the weather god , as befits a country dependent on rain for its fertility ; and under ...
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