event · evt_hittite_imperial_disintegration_world_context
Disintegration of the Hittite imperial system
Hittite imperial administration and its central Anatolian capital ceased to operate during the early twelfth century BCE after a prolonged late-thirteenth-century crisis.
What is the evidence?
observation
Hittite imperial administration and its central Anatolian capital ceased to operate during the early twelfth century BCE after a prolonged late-thirteenth-century crisis.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1210 BCE–1170 BCE
Precision: approximate
highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides historical synthesis
The Kingdom of the Hittites — Trevor Bryce (2005)Provides the political chronology.
Locator: Final Hittite kings and imperial end - informs · provides source criticism
The Calm Before the Storm: Selected Writings of Itamar Singer on the Late Bronze Age in Anatolia and the Levant — Itamar Singer (2011)Frames the evidence and uncertainties.
Locator: Late Hittite and Levantine texts
Interpretation and caveats
The event altered the wider diplomatic and exchange environment but is not treated as a sufficient or synchronous cause of Cypriot change.
Event context
Classification
Event type: imperial disintegration
Evidence layer: textual and archaeological
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Hittite campaign texts concerning Alashiya
Why it matters to the timeline
A major world-system transformation affecting Anatolia, Cilicia, Syria and the networks connected to Cyprus.
Research notes
- Provides the political chronology. Role: provides historical synthesis. Locator: Final Hittite kings and imperial end.
- Frames the evidence and uncertainties. Role: provides source criticism. Locator: Late Hittite and Levantine texts.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides historical synthesis
The Kingdom of the Hittites — Trevor Bryce (2005)Provides the political chronology.
Locator: Final Hittite kings and imperial end - informs · provides source criticism
The Calm Before the Storm: Selected Writings of Itamar Singer on the Late Bronze Age in Anatolia and the Levant — Itamar Singer (2011)Frames the evidence and uncertainties.
Locator: Late Hittite and Levantine texts