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Suppiluliuma II: the Last Hittite King
Å uppiluliuma II is the last King of the Hittites. As every end marks a beginning, Suppiluliuma II is also credited with the first naval...
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Apr 1, 20245 min read
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Aruna, Hittite God of the Sea
Aruna is the God of the Sea worshiped by the Hittites (c. 1600 - 1187 BCE). At their greatest range under King Å uppiluliuma I, the...
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Jan 29, 20243 min read
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Isuwa - Bronze Age Hittite Foes
Isuwa is a Bronze Age Hittite kingdom founded by the Hurrians. Also called IÅ¡uwa or Ishuwa, it's one of the many states or kingdoms...
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Jan 29, 20244 min read
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Hayasa-Azzi - Hittite Bronze Age Foes
Hayasa-Azzi is a confederation of states in Bronze Age Anatolia from the Pontic regions at the Black Sea to the Armenian highlands....
Sylvia Rose
Jan 28, 20247 min read
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Hattusilis III - Great Hittite Kings Bronze Age
Youngest of four sons, Hattusilis (Hattusili) doesn't expect to take the throne. In fact he's not expected to live. Weak and sickly as a...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 28, 20247 min read
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Purulli: Hittite New Year & Spring Fest
Purulli is a spring festival acquired by the Hittites from the Hatti, previous occupants of the Anatolian lands. It also celebrates the...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 27, 20244 min read
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Hapkis - Hittite & Kaska Hostilities
Hapkis is an ancient vassal kingdom created to contain the unruly Kashka (Kaska, Kaška, Kaskians) of the Pontic Mountains. The range runs...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 27, 20244 min read
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Nerik: Ancient Life in the Kaska Zone
Nerik is one of the northernmost cities established by the Bronze Age Hittites in Anatolia (Turkey). Surrounded by unforgiving landscapes...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 26, 20244 min read
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Tumanna: Ancient Black Sea Kingdom
Tumanna is a northern Anatolian settlement of the ancient world. Embracing the south coast of the Black Sea, in the late Bronze Age...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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Pala, Anatolia - Bronze Age Mysteries
Pala is a Bronze Age culture, located in northern Anatolia (Turkey) near the mountainous regions by the Black Sea. In the eastern...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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Tarhunna (Tarḫunna) Storm God of the Hittites
Tarhunna (Tarḫunna) is the Storm and Weather God of the Hittites, a warrior people who occupy much of Anatolia in the Bronze Age....
Sylvia Rose
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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Hannahanna - Great Grandmother Goddess
Hannahanna is the great grandmother goddess of the Hittites. She features in several myths usually following the exploits of her...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 18, 20243 min read
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A Myth of Hahhima, Frost Demon God
Ḫaḫḫima (Hahhima) is a dreaded frost demon god of the ancient Hittites. His realm is a frozen wasteland. He spreads bitter cold and...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 18, 20243 min read
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Hahhima - Deadly Hittite Frost Demon
When the Sun disappears, the frost demon Hahhima holds the land in his icy grip. An entity of cold and numbness, Hahhima has an arsenal...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 18, 20245 min read
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Yazilikaya: Sacred Site of the Hittites
Yazılıkaya comes from the Turkish for inscribed rock. The sacred site is beside the city of Hattusa, the Hittite Bronze Age capital until...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 17, 20244 min read
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Hashamili - Metal Work & Smith God
Hashamili (Ḫašamili, Ḫašameli) is the Hittite god of metal workers and metallurgists, metal working, smiths and smithing. He's also a...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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1st Peace Treaty 1258 BCE - the Queens
In the ancient Levant, the site of Kadesh, at the Egyptian Hittite border, is a constant source of conflict. The famous Battle of Kadesh...
Sylvia Rose
Nov 24, 20236 min read
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