Middle Hittite period

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The Middle Hittite period was a phase in Hittite history marked by political consolidation, legal and administrative reforms, and the cultural development that bridged the Old and New Hittite Kingdoms.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Middle Hittite period canonical 2
Hittite Middle Kingdom 1
Hittite Old Kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
phase of Hittite history ⓘ
associatedWith Hittite diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
Hittite law codes ⓘ
linked to: Hittite laws

Hittite provincial administration ⓘ
Hittite royal edicts ⓘ
Hittite vassal treaties ⓘ
capital Hattusa ⓘ
chronologicalPosition between Old Hittite Kingdom and New Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
country Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Hittite Empire
culturalContext Bronze Age Anatolia ⓘ
endTime c. 1400 BCE ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Ancient Near Eastern history ⓘ
Hittitology ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian studies
follows Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
hasCharacteristic administrative reforms ⓘ
cultural development ⓘ
legal reforms ⓘ
political consolidation ⓘ
transition between Old and New Hittite Kingdoms ⓘ
hasPart Middle Hittite administrative reorganization ⓘ
Middle Hittite cultural developments ⓘ
Middle Hittite legal reforms ⓘ
hasSourceType administrative documents ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
historicalRole bridge between early and imperial phases of Hittite state ⓘ
historicalSignificance consolidation of Hittite territorial control ⓘ
development of Hittite bureaucratic institutions ⓘ
standardization of Hittite legal practice ⓘ
languageUsed Hittite language ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
partOf Bronze Age Near East ⓘ
history of the Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
precedes New Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Hittite states
religion Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian paganism

Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology
startTime c. 1500 BCE ⓘ
temporalRange 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
timePeriodOf codification of Hittite laws ⓘ
development of Middle Hittite script and orthography ⓘ
reorganization of Hittite state structures ⓘ
strengthening of central royal authority ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hittite laws → revisedIn → Middle Hittite period ⓘ
Hatti → absorbedInto → Hittite Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Middle Hittite period
Hittite Grammar → covers → Middle Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Middle Hittite period
New Hittite period → precededBy → Middle Hittite period ⓘ
Nesite language → earliestAttestation → Old Hittite period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Hittite period
Great King of Hatti → associatedWithDynasty → Hittite Middle Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Middle Hittite period