Hittite Empire

The Hittites are an ancient people who remain somewhat enigmatic, but their influence on the ancient Near East is undeniable. From high in their capital of Hattusa in central Anatolia, the Hittites were able to conquer and control a kingdom that roughly comprised the area of modern Turkey, Syria, and parts of Iraq and Lebanon through a combination of brute military force and shrewd diplomatic machinations.

For centuries, they were equals to Egypt. They fought Ramesses II to a standstill at Kadesh in the largest chariot battle the ancient world ever saw. They signed the first peace treaty in recorded history. Their laws were more humane than Hammurabi's. Their queens held real power. Their empire stretched from the Aegean to Mesopotamia. Then the world forgot they existed. The Hittites vanished so completely that for three thousand years, the only traces of their civilization were a few puzzling references in the Hebrew Bible. It took a German archaeologist digging into a Turkish hillside in ...

Unearth a lost Bronze Age empire of iron and chariots that rivaled Egypt for ancient world supremacy. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive military history resurrects a forgotten civilization from buried clay tablets and shattered citadels. Let this epic, cinematic narrative transport...

The Hittites built a remarkable civilization that deserves a spot in history. Sadly, few historians have been ready to tackle the task of uncovering the true story of these astonishing people. Thus, it can be hard for people to find an easily understood and cohesive resource on this fascinating civilization. But that is about to change. In this new Captivating History audiobook, you will discover the truth about this fascinating ancient civilization.

Unearth the secrets of a vanished Late Bronze Age empire that rivaled Egypt before disappearing into the sands of time. Perfect for an immersive commute or a focused learning session, this historical journey brings a forgotten superpower back to life. Step directly into the rugged highlands of...

Unearth the forgotten Bronze Age superpower that rivaled Egypt in this gripping ancient history of a lost civilization. Perfect for your daily commute or a deeply focused learning session, this immersive narrative resurrects the formidable warriors and visionary diplomats of Anatolia. Step into...

It is difficult to know the Sea People intimately because the records on them aren’t very comprehensive. But we set out to explore the many questions people have about this mysterious civilization. Who were they? Where did they come from? Did they do more than simply pillage, and what impact did they have on society and commerce? Would you be shocked to learn that these mysterious people were more than a band of pirates?

If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Anatolia, then pay attention.... What sparks curiosity about ancient Anatolia, which makes up most of modern-day Turkey, in the minds of history lovers is the diversity of its peoples throughout its territories and time. This audiobook seeks to present the most current view on the events that unfolded through the centuries of the Bronze and Iron Ages of Anatolia. The listener can follow the rise of some of the most famous empires in the world, as well as learn about the circumstances that led to their fall.

Around 1200 BC, eight civilizations fell together, within a single human lifetime. Then came the strangest part: for centuries, nobody rebuilt. The Hittite Empire vanished so completely that its name had to be dug out of the ground three thousand years later. Mycenaean Greece lost its palaces, its kings, and writing itself—the Greeks stayed illiterate for four hundred years. Ugarit, one of the richest ports on earth, burned in mid-correspondence and was never occupied again. From the Aegean to the Euphrates, the same black destruction layer runs through the earth at roughly the same date....

From the ashes of legend rises archaeological truth—the definitive story of humanity's most famous lost city. For three millennia, Troy has existed in two worlds: Homer's epic battlefield where heroes clashed with gods, and the windswept hill of Hisarlık in Turkey where archaeologists uncover Bronze Age reality. In this captivating volume of the acclaimed Sunset in Bronze series, archaeologist R Jay Driskill reveals how these two Troys—one of legend, one of stone and soil—finally converge to tell history's most extraordinary detective story. When myth meets archaeology, the truth is ...

Award-winning exploration of the lost empire that rivaled ancient Egypt and Babylonia. Winner of the Outstanding Creator Award for Best Nonfiction Book 2025, First Place in Educational & Reference, and Best Research. For centuries, the Hittites slipped into near oblivion, until archaeologists pieced together their astonishing legacy from ruins and clay tablets. Drawing on decades of research, archaeologist R. Jay Driskill brings this enigmatic civilization vividly to life. From their sudden rise in the early second millennium BCE to their collapse around 1180 BCE, the Hittites reshaped the ...

For centuries, the most famous city in Western literature was dismissed as a poet’s invention. Then a millionaire with a copy of Homer dug a trench through a hill in Turkey — and found nine cities stacked beneath the wheat. Troy was real. That much Heinrich Schliemann proved in 1870, even as his shovels destroyed part of what he came to find. What a century and a half of better archaeology has revealed since is stranger and richer than the legend: not one Troy but at least nine, layered across three thousand years — a fortress older than the pyramids, a Late Bronze Age power with the ...

An empire vanished. Its gods, monsters, and sacred stories survived on broken clay tablets. For centuries, the Hittites ruled much of ancient Anatolia, challenged Egypt, built mighty cities, and worshipped a vast pantheon known as the “thousand gods of Hatti.” Yet their mythology remains far less familiar than the legends of Greece, Egypt, or Mesopotamia. Hittite Mythology for Beginners opens the gates to this forgotten world and presents its dramatic stories in a clear, engaging style—without requiring any previous knowledge of ancient history or religion. Discover a mythological ...

The Hittites lived among gods and kings and captivated the mysterious Sir Lawrence of Arabia, among many eager minds. Who were they? Simply warlike conquerors on a mission to impose Hittite power on the world? How did they become part of the elite highly-exclusive club of kings as great as Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian empires of the second millennium BCE? They created a complex system of collective governance and changed the metallurgy of the ancient world. This mysterious empire remained the unknown fourth empire and thanks to their tradition of preservation we continue solving mysteries buried in their ancient past.

Meet the man who met Abraham and follow his story about how a family that honors Elohim and makes Him their Adonai might forge and ultimately shape the destiny of the Hittite Empire. Ephron is the builder who chooses exile to save his rebellious wife and becomes prince of Hebron. His sister Tawananna is the dragonslayer who fed her people and becomes a ruler but has to sit still while Sargon attacks. Their uncle Heth is the warrior with a secret weapon and a secret weakness. Ephron's wife Shelometh is an advocate for women in the ancient world; a friend to Sarah and Hagar and a defender of ...

Who were the mysterious warriors who appeared across the eastern Mediterranean just as some of the ancient world’s greatest civilizations began to collapse? Around 1200 BCE, powerful kingdoms fell. Cities burned. Trade networks fractured. The Hittite Empire disappeared, Mycenaean palace civilization unraveled, and Egypt faced waves of foreign warriors and migrants whom modern historians call the Sea Peoples. But were these mysterious groups really responsible for destroying the Bronze Age world—or were they themselves victims of a much larger catastrophe? The Sea Peoples for Beginners ...

This is the tale of Lukka, the Hittite soldier who traveled across Greece in search of the vicious slave traders who kidnapped his wife and sons. He tracks them all the way to war-torn Troy, where he proves himself a warrior to rank with noble Hector and swift Achilles. Lukka is the man who builds the Trojan horse for crafty Odysseus, who topples the walls of Jericho for the Israelites, and who steals the beautiful Helen.

A historically-based novel with authentic, legendary, and fictional characters interacting across the extraordinary panorama of the Bronze Age Collapse in the Hittite Empire between the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean seas. Diomedes, previously a hero of the Trojan War, and the polyglot Peoples of the Sea raid inland into the Hittite Empire during its final months. The tale is both a study of ancient mythic consciousness and an exciting adventure of love, character, destruction, desperate survival, and the lived mystery of pagan rituals.

Around 1177 BC, every major civilization in the eastern Mediterranean collapsed within a single human lifetime. The Hittite Empire vanished. Mycenaean palaces burned. Egypt staggered and never fully recovered. Trade routes that had functioned for centuries went dark. Cities that had stood for a thousand years were abandoned and never rebuilt. This was not a slow fade. It was a system failure — and we still don't fully understand why. Ancient Apocalypse: The Fall of the Bronze Age reconstructs the most catastrophic collapse in pre-modern history, drawing on archaeology, climate science, ...

Uncover the Lost Kingdom That Nearly Conquered the Ancient World Deep in the mountains of western Turkey lie the ruins of a civilization that time forgot—until now. In Ghosts of Arzawa, archaeologist R. Jay Driskill resurrects one of the Bronze Age's most fascinating and overlooked kingdoms, revealing a sophisticated empire that dared to challenge the mighty Hittites and corresponded as equals with the pharaohs of Egypt. The Kingdom History Almost Lost For over 3,000 years, Arzawa remained buried beneath layers of history, known only through fragmentary mentions in enemy archives. But ...