Hittites

Ruthless warriors
Mission to become the greatest empire ever seen
Unstoppable warrior-city
Centered around the Middle East
Ruins discovered on top of a hill
Ramses the 2nd
Ruled for 60 years
Negotiated a peace treaty
Took archaeologists over 100 years to decipher ruins and strange language
Hittites built their capitals in the strangest of places
Where it should never be
Cut off with no way out
50 miles from a major river
Hundreds of miles from sea
High on barren hills with harsh climates
BUT it had high ground
Took advantage of the natural terrain
Thick walls on sheer cliffs and built across ravines
4 miles long, crossed every obstacles, a huge wall
First beginnings of concrete
98 feet high
Gateways were traps
8 secret tunnels
Ambush/Counterattack
50,000 people
Deliberately chose remote location
HUGE temple
ALSO a huge pyramid
A castle for the king

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30,000 inscribed stone tablets
Cunieform
Indo-european language
Refugees

THE LAST WARRIOR KINGDOM

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