Bronze Age World

What is the evidence?

observation

Hittite kings built an Anatolian and northern Syrian imperial system that became a major diplomatic and military counterpart of New Kingdom Egypt.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1650 BCE–1180 BCE

Precision: range

high

Preferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.

supports · provides world and cross regional context
The Kingdom of the Hittites — Trevor Bryce (2005)
Supports the imperial system and changing relationship.

Locator: Hittite political history and Egyptian relations

Interpretation and caveats

The relationship changed from rivalry to treaty and alliance; the empire is not represented only through its collapse.

Event context

Classification

Event type: major world context empire

Evidence layer: historical and archaeological

Timeline role: cross regional context

Why it matters to the timeline

Directly relevant through Qadesh, diplomacy, treaty and the Late Bronze Age great-power system.

Research notes

Supports the imperial system and changing relationship. Role: provides world and cross regional context. Locator: Hittite political history and Egyptian relations.

Evidence and sources

supports · provides world and cross regional context
The Kingdom of the Hittites — Trevor Bryce (2005)
Supports the imperial system and changing relationship.

Locator: Hittite political history and Egyptian relations

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Referenced records

New Kingdom Egypt · entity