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Hatti-Hitites

The document provides information on the Hatti and Hittite civilizations that existed in Anatolia between the 3rd and 1st millennia BC. It describes the Hatti Empire in cities like Alacahöyük, followed by the rise of the Hittite Empire centered in Hattusa. Numerous artifacts from this period are discussed, including structures, monuments, pottery, standards, and artwork depicting gods and rituals that demonstrate the advanced cultures of the Hatti and Hittites in ancient Anatolia.

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Hatti-Hitites

The document provides information on the Hatti and Hittite civilizations that existed in Anatolia between the 3rd and 1st millennia BC. It describes the Hatti Empire in cities like Alacahöyük, followed by the rise of the Hittite Empire centered in Hattusa. Numerous artifacts from this period are discussed, including structures, monuments, pottery, standards, and artwork depicting gods and rituals that demonstrate the advanced cultures of the Hatti and Hittites in ancient Anatolia.

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HATTI AND HITTITES

Late Bronze Age

History 221 2005-2006 Fall


Çankaya University – Interior
Architecture
Anatolian people in the 3rd and 1st
millenium
In Anatolia
 Hatti In Mesopotamia
 Hittite
 Sumer- 3200- 2800 BC
 Hurri
 Akkad – 2350- 2000 BC
 Pala
 Elam
 Luvi
 Assyr – 1375-1047: 909-
800
 Kaskai  Mitanni –1360 -
 Arzawa  Babylon – 1728-1686;
 Cymmer 625-539
 Lydia
 Achia – Acha
 Urartu
Hatti Empire
The Hittite Empire (red) at the height of its power
in ca. 1290 BC,
bordering on the Egyptian Empire (green)
Hittite Empire - 2000-700 BC
 Hatti empire
was followed
by Hittites

www.hattusha.com/hittites.htm
Hatti city states 2300-2100 BC -
Alacahöyük
 In Alacahoyuk we can see very
developed kings’ queens’, priests’
and priestessess’ graves holding
the corps of the king and his
personal belongings including
high quality golden crowns,
diadems, stag standards
 They were worshiping bull,
mother goddess as well
Alacahöyük Lion gate
Alacahöyük Grave
Alacahöyük
Alacahöyük
Alacahöyük
Sphinx Gate
reliefs

soldiers

acrobats
Alacahöyük

Alacahöyük procession of
king offering holy liquid
Alacahöyük acrobats
to storm god
Alacahoyuk secret
escape tunnel

Alacahoyuk secret
escape tunnel
Alalakh -Maraş
Hittites -Hattushash
Hittite periods

 Early Kingdom – 2000-1450 BC

 Middle Kingdom – 1450 – 1200 BC

 Late kingdom - princes – 1200 – 800 BC


Hattusas
Boğazköy
Hattusas

From excavations

Storm God Temple Bogazkale


Boğazköy -Hattusas
Hattusha -Unesco world heritage
Hattusas Lion gate
Hittites - Lion gate of
Hattusha
Hattusas gates

Hattusas Sphinx Gate

entrance gate
Hattusas
King’s Gate

Cyclopean walls

Warrior god
Hattusas
big temple

Hittites Plan of Big Temple,


Bogazkoy 15th cent. BC.
Hattusas -
big temple

grave chamber
Big temple

grave
Hattusas – Secret entrance
Hattusas secret
Entrance

Secret entrance exit - Yer Kapi exit


Hittite Gods at Yazılıkaya –
A country of Thousand gods
Hittite – Yazilikaya - Bogazkoy
 Lands of Thousand gods
Hittite gods

Mountain God
Hittite Gods

God Teshup –
storm god –
(Gaziantep)
Storm god Teshup
Hittite Gods

Neo Hittite God


Chimera
Goddess Kubaba

Old picture of Carchemish


Yazılıkaya – open air temple

Yazilikaya detail scene


Sarruma and Tudhaliya
Yazilikaya
head Sarruma

Yazilikaya sun god

Yazilikaya double
headed eagle
Yazılıkaya – open air
temple

Yazilikaya Gods and godesses


Yazilikaya King
Tudhaliya,
detail

Yazilikaya Goddess Hepat


and sun Sarruma Yazilikaya
goddess
Yazılıkaya – open air temple

Yazilikaya passage to room B

Yazilikaya procession of gods


Yazilikaya- open air
temple

procession of gods,
and king tudhalliya
Yazilikaya- open air
temple
room A

sword god

Yazilikaya sun god


Yazilikaya- open
air temple

sword god head

sword god and Sarruma

Twin goddesses
and double headed eagle
Hittite relief –children
of the king Araras
Ritual Meal – King
Araras
Reliefs

Slaying of the dragon


Illuyanka
Scenes of kings meeting gods
Reliefs - Hittite
Warriors
Reliefs - Hittite
Reliefs - Hittite
Reliefs - Hittite
Art and artifacts of Hattis and Hittites

Pottery
Hatti art
- stag standard
Hatti art

Alacahoyuk and
other places
Hatti and Hittite Art
Sun Disc- standard
Birds with small animals
between his beak
strobilus

Rattles as sun disc


Ceremonial sun disc - standard

Stag with horns


with seeds

Bull with horns

Horns
Hittite bronze standards
Hitite stag statuate
Alacahöyük Museum - pottery
Hittite pottery
Vessel for tear drops - Hittite
Alacahöyük Museum - pottery
Alacahöyük Museum
- pottery
Phrygian pottery
and Hatti Pottery
Alacahöyük Museum - pottery
Alacahöyük Museum - pottery
Twin vessel and a statuate
Horse head and Kadesh treaty 1295 BC
Ivory ornement
Hattusas Bracelets - gold
Vase

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