entity · pol_hittite_empire
Hittite Empire
A political entity represented in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age evidence graph.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1650 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: not specified
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Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Late Bronze Age
A broad archaeological and historical period whose local boundaries vary, here used primarily for the later second millennium BCE.
Why does this record have this property?
The Hittite Empire was a major Late Bronze Age imperial state.
- Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC
supports assignment - The Ahhiyawa Texts
supports assignment
Hittite Imperial System
The central Hittite state and its network of vassals, dependencies, administrative centers, and successor traditions.
Why does this record have this property?
The empire formed the central political and administrative component of the Hittite system.
- The Ahhiyawa Texts
supports assignment
Late Bronze Age Great Power
A state participating at the highest level of the Late Bronze Age diplomatic and geopolitical system.
Why does this record have this property?
Hatti participated as one of the principal great powers in Late Bronze Age diplomacy.
- Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean
supports assignment - The Ahhiyawa Texts
supports assignment
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity record
Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Hittite Empire.
- supports · supports entity record
After the Hittites: The Kingdoms of Karkamish and Palistin in Northern Syria — Mark Weeden (2013)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Hittite Empire.
Referenced records
- Central Anatolia · entity