Hattusa (also Ḫattuša or Hattusas /ˌhɑːttʊˈsɑːs/; Hittite: URUḪa-at-tu-ša, Hattic: Hattush) was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).
Q. How did the Hittites rise to power?
rise to power The Hittites began expanding their domain around 1900 BCE, using both force and diplomacy to bring rival city-states and kingdoms in Asia Minor under control. … At that time, a series of strong kings expanded the Hittite Empire across all of Asia Minor, into Syria, and beyond the Euphrates River.
Q. How did the Hittites begin?
The Hittites were an ancient group of Indo-Europeans who moved into Asian Minor and formed an empire at Hattusa in Anatolia (modern Turkey) around 1600 BCE. … Like many Indo-Europeans, the Hittites were able to travel long distances and migrate to other lands due to the domestication of horses.
Q. What caused the end of the Iron Age?
In Europe, The Iron Age marks the end of prehistory after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In Britain the end of the Iron Age is linked to the spread of Roman culture following the Roman invasion of 43 AD.
Q. Who first used iron weapons?
In the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad and Assyria, the initial use of iron reaches far back, to perhaps 3000 BC. One of the earliest smelted iron artifacts known was a dagger with an iron blade found in a Hattic tomb in Anatolia, dating from 2500 BC.
Hattusa, also known as Hattusha, is an ancient city located near modern Boğazkale in the Çorum Province of Turkey’s Black Sea Region . This ancient city once…
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