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The Hittite Empire, 13th century BCE
A map illustrating the rise and expansion (c. 1750 - 1200 BCE) of the Hittites, ancient Anatolian people who spoke an Indo-European language. At its height around the mid-14th century BCE, the Hittite empire ruled most of Asia Minor from the northern Levant to Upper Mesopotamia. After c. 1180 BCE, during the Bronze Age Collapse, with increased pressure from the Kaska tribes and the arrival of the Sea Peoples, the empire came to a sudden violent end. It splintered into independent “Neo-Hittite” city-states, some of which survived well into the 8th century BCE.
