Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia

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The Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia was an early Bronze Age state in central Anatolia that laid the foundations of Hittite power and culture, later becoming one of the major civilizations of the ancient Near East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite polity ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Boğazköy-Hattusa ⓘ
capital Hattusa ⓘ
culture Hittite culture ⓘ
linked to: Hittites
diplomaticRelations Egypt (indirectly, via Near Eastern politics) ⓘ
Mitanni ⓘ
Yamhad ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
endTime c. 15th century BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hittites ⓘ
followedBy Hittite Empire period ⓘ
Hittite New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: New Hittite period
founder Hattusili I ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasRuler Ammuna ⓘ
Hattusili I ⓘ
Huzziya I ⓘ
Mursili I ⓘ
linked to: Mursilis I

Telepinu ⓘ
linked to: Telepinu (ancestor)
knownFor early development of Hittite law codes ⓘ
expansion in central and northern Syria ⓘ
formation of Hittite royal ideology ⓘ
languageUsed Hittite language ⓘ
legacy foundation of later Hittite Empire power ⓘ
legalSystem Hittite laws ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Ancient Near East ⓘ
Central Anatolia ⓘ
military chariot warfare ⓘ
partOf Hittite civilization ⓘ
linked to: Hittites
precededBy Hattian polities ⓘ
Kussara kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Old Assyrian trading colonies in Anatolia ⓘ
regionControlled Kızılırmak River bend (Halys River) region ⓘ
linked to: Kızılırmak Basin
religion Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology
significantEvent campaigns against Babylon by Mursili I ⓘ
conquest of Hattusa ⓘ
destruction of Aleppo by Mursili I ⓘ
sourceOfInformation cuneiform tablets ⓘ
startTime c. 17th century BCE ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
timePeriod Old Hittite period ⓘ
linked to: Hittite period
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ

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Middle Bronze Age → temporalContextOf → Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia ⓘ
House of Suppiluliuma → predecessor → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Telepinu → reignInPeriod → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Telepinu (ancestor)
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Mursili I → dynasty → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Labarna → usedIn → Hittite Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Middle Hittite period → follows → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Sapinuwa → partOf → Hittite heartland ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Hittites → rise → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Hittite kings → usedIn → Hittite Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Alaca Höyük → associatedWith → Hittite Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Mursili I → dynasty → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite king Mursili I
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Mursili I → historicalPeriod → Old Hittite Kingdom period ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite king Mursili I
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Hittites → predecessor → Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Great King of Hatti → associatedWithDynasty → Hittite Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia
Anatolian Bronze Age cultures → hasPart → Hittite Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Old Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia