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Suppiluliuma II: the Last Hittite King
Šuppiluliuma 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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Sylvia Rose
Jan 293 min read
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 Šuppiluliuma I, the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 294 min read
Isuwa - Bronze Age Hittite Foes
Isuwa is a Bronze Age Hittite kingdom founded by the Hurrians. Also called Išuwa or Ishuwa, it's one of the many states or kingdoms...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 287 min read
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....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 287 min read
Hattusilis III - Great Hittite Kings
The youngest of four sons, Hattusilis (Hattusili) doesn't expect to take the throne. In fact he's not expected to live. Read: Cult of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 274 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 274 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 264 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 263 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 254 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 193 min read
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....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 183 min read
Hannahanna - Great Grandmother Goddess
Hannahanna is the great grandmother goddess of the Hittites. She features in several myths usually following the exploits of her...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 183 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 185 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 174 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 173 min read
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 24, 20236 min read
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...
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