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Overview of the history of the hittite kingdom and hittite empire Flashcards

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language

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Neshite

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main city

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Hattussa 1650-1200

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originally from

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kussara

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Luwian Hieroglyphs

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adopted from Luwian for Hittite public use

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sargonic period (old Akkadian)

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2300 bce, Sargon, Manishtushu, Naram-Sin, Sharkilasharri, first organized army

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Sargonic period (Gutians)

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2200 BCE-Gudea of Lagash, Akkadian dominance (Stela of Naram-sin)

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Ur III

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Ur-Namma (code and ziggurat), Shulgi, Amar-sin, Shu-sin, Ibi-Sin, Sumerian Renaissance.Stela of Ur-Namma

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ED III

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2500-2400 Dynasty of Lagash, Ur Nanshe, Eannatum(Stela of the vultures), Urukagina, Sumerian ethnic dominance.

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Anitta text

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Anitta text (in Akkadian and Hittite): Pithana (king of Kussara and Anitta’s father) captured Nesa (Kanesh) and took control of Hattusa and Zalpa

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Ahhiyawa question

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king of wilusa (Ilion/Troy), Acheaons? Alaksandu

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Hittite Old Kingdom

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(ca. 1650-1430)

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Hittite Empire

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(ca. 1430-1200)

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Hattussilli I

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Labarna, campaigned in N. Anatolia and Syria

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Mursili I

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destroyed and attacked Aleppo, took Babylon. 70 years of assasinations took place at his death

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edict of Telepinu

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exile instead of killing enemies, order of succession

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Tudhaliya I founds a new dynasty

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Hittite empire (1430-1200) begins

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Supliliuma I

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incorporates Kizzuwadna, sacks capital of Mittani, has relations with Egypt.

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Muwatalli, Rameses II, Hattusilli III

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Muwattalli has relations with Alaksander of Wilusa.

Battle of Qadesh 1274

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Amarna Letters

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They date to the late Dyn. XVIII, and are addressed to Amenophis III, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun, mostly in Akkadian (Lingua Franca of the time) Senders are Hittite kings, kings of Babylon, kings of Mittani

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Early Uruk

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3400 numerical texts, Ziggurat at Uruk (Wilusa)

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Late Uruk

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3100 (archaic Uruk texts)

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Jemdet Nasr

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ED I

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2700 (archaic texts Ur) mythical Kings, Gilgamesh

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ED II

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en
chief, ruler, priest
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lugal
king
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ensi 2
governor, ruler
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Kish- place and
Mesalim, king of Kish ED III
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bala
rotation of kingship, no longer a temple state ED III
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Urukagina (wife's estate) becomes
Baba- goddess estate, land goes to temples etc.
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guruš “able-bodied men, laborers”
// geme2 “female laborers”
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Urartian
ararat (around Lake Van), enemy of Assyrians
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Old Babylonian Pd.
increasing Hurrian presence in names,
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Alalah IV
King Idrimi- the coward king (a vassal of Mittani)
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Washshukanni
sacked by Suppiluliuma I, who installed a Hurrian vassal king (Shattiwaza)- after attempting a rebellion against Mitannian rule in the area of Aleppo (which included Alalah), Idrimi fled to Emar; his mother’s family ruled Emar he became the vassal king of Alalah (subject of Mitanni)
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Shattiwaza's Treaty
103 deities
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Ugarit
earliest alphabet (shaped like cuneiform) Ras Shamra has tablets in Ugaritic, Akkadian and Hurrian- many mythological narratives, mycenean and minoan pottery. Carchemish is the de facto ruler (subject of Hittite King) Shikala.... possibly Sicily ends them?
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drought*****
between 1300 and 1100
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Sea Peoples: Peleset
Philistines
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Sea Peoples: Danuna
Danoi of Greek Texts
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Sea Peoples: Teresh
Tersenoi (Etruscans)
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Sea Peoples: Akaiwasha
Achaeons (Ahhiyawa question)
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Kassites take over Babylonia
Kurigalzu I founded Dur Kurigalzu (= Aqar Quf) Burnaburiash II (// Akhenaten) Kudurrus are found in temples, public monument gifting land to son or others Babylon is karduniash (Bab ili- gate of the gods, Akkadian) (Karduniash also means gate of the gods Kartappu, foreign dynasty, renames babylon etc
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Middle Assyrian Period (13th-11th centuries)
Tukulti-Ninurta I (2nd half of 13th cent.) conquest of Babylon Epic of Tukulti-Ninurta- written while he was still alive (new!) Tiglath-Pileser I (late 12th–early 11th cents.) Aramean raids affecting Assyria and Babylonia Assyrian shrinkage: now limited to Ashur, Nineveh, Arbela, and Kilizi
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Elam
in highlands, Susa is largest city, Proto-Elamite (mid 4th mill.–ca. 2600) cp. Archaic Uruk Old Elamite (ca. 2600–1500) Sargonic kings: Susa under Mesopotamian control, but Fars was free Ur III: sukkalmahs as regents Middle Elamite (ca. 1500–1000): “Classical period” Neo-Elamite (ca. 1000–mid 6th cent.): ca. 640 Elam falls under Achaemenid control
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Elam Classical Period (1450-1100)
Untash-Napirisha (mid 13th cent.): ziggurat at Chogha Zanbil Shutruk-Nahhunte I (early/mid 12th cent.) invaded Babylon & Kassite king & gave the Babylonia throne to his son plunder from Babylon: Hammurabi’s “Code” Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar I (late 12th cent.) attacked Elam, plus Aramean raids? —Elamite decline Elamite kings had Kassite mothers, (Babylon)
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Law Codes
Lipit Eshtar, Eshnunna, Hammurabi, Code of Ur Namma
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Old Assyrian (1950-1970)
Kanesh (Kul Teppe) major trade colony Shamshi Adad- victory Stele over military in Tigris, Kingdom of Upper Mesopatamia Anitta text!!!
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Isbin Larsa (2000-1600)
Ishbi-Erra Lipit-Eshtar Rim-Sin of Larsa (Hammurabi conquers him)- centralized state
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Mari
Letters, and Zimri-Lin
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Old Babylon (2000-1600)
Hammurabi (conquers a bunch) and Samsu-Iluna (rebellion in Uruk and Larsa in 1700, Ur, Uruk, Larsa and Nippur are all empty as a result
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Misharum decrees
taxes
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Sumerian King List
Jemdet Nasr (understand the changes in Kingship)
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Gutians fall
fell to Utu-Hegal

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