Hatti - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia - Canaan
Canaan or Knáʕan (Arabic کنعان, Hebrew כְּנַעַן, Septuagint Greek Χανααν) is an ancient term for a region roughly c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia - Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. The city has a population of 5,153,000 (as of 2005...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amenhotep Iii: Encyclopedia - Amenhotep Iii
Nebmaatre Amenhotep III (called Nibmu(`w)areya in the Amarna letters) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Nineteenth Dynasty. The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties of ancient Egypt ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sea Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Sea Peoples - Historic Records
The earliest mention of the Sea Peoples proper is in an inscription of the Egyptian king Merneptah, whose rule is usually dated from 1213...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt - Nineteenth Dynasty Timeline
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Encyclopedia - Ramesses Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramesses Ii - Life
Ramesses II was the third king of the 19th dynasty, and the son of Seti I and his Queen Tuya. The most memorable of Ramesses' wives was N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hattusa: Encyclopedia Ii - Hattusa - The Hittite Imperial City
Only a generation later, a Hittite king had chosen the site as his residence and capital. The Hittites, speaking an Indo-European languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittites: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittites - The Biblical Hittites
References to a people whose name is transcribed into English as "Hittites" (or sometimes "Hettites") are found throughout the Hebrew Bib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramesses Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramesses Ii - Life
Ramesses II was the third king of the 19th dynasty, and the son of Seti I and his Queen Tuya. The most memorable of Ramesses' wives was N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittite Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittite Language - Name
"Hittite" is a modern name, chosen after the (still disputed) identification of the Hattusa kingdom with the Hittites mentioned in the Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - Attractions
Ankara - General attractions. Anıtkabir: Located on an imposing hill in the Anittepe quarter of the city stands the mausoleum of Musta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Egyptian Canaan
During the 2nd millennium BC the name Kan'an, favoured in Egyptian usage, was used for a province of the Egyptian empire bounded on the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habiru: Encyclopedia Ii - Habiru - The Sources
Habiru - Sumerian records. Sumerian documents from the reign of Shulgi of Ur (around 2150 BC) describe a class of "unclothed people, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hattusa: Encyclopedia Ii - Hattusa - Early History Of The City
Before 2000 BC a settlement of the apparently indigenous Hatti people was established on sites that had been occupied even earlier. The e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hattusa: Encyclopedia Ii - Hattusa - Discovery Of The City
Since 1906, the Deutsche Orientgesellschaft (the German Institute of Archaeology) has been excavating at Hattusa (with breaks during the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - History
The region's vibrant history can be traced back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hattusa: Encyclopedia Ii - Hattusa - The Surroundings
The landscape surrounding the city included rich agricultural fields, hill lands for pasture, as well as woods. Smaller woods are still f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramesses Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramesses Ii - The Pharaoh Of The Exodus?
At least as early as Eusebius of Caesarea, Ramesses II was identified with the pharaoh of whom the Biblical figure Moses is popularly bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Etymology
In linguistic terms, Canaanite refers to the common ancestor of closely related Semitic languages including Hebrew, and Ugaritic, and was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittite Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittite Language - Classification And Relatives
Hittite is one of the Anatolian languages. The closely related Luwian language was also in use in the Hittite empire, as a monumental lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Canaan In Mesopotamian Inscriptions
Canaan is mentioned in a document from the 18th century BC found in the ruins of Mari, a former Sumerian outpost in Syria. Apparently Can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Phoenician Canaan
Early on the Canaanites acquired fame as traders across a wide area beyond the Near East. There are occasional instances in the Hebrew Bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittites: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittites - Archaeological Discovery
The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets found at the Assyrian colony of Kültepe (ancient Karum Kanesh), c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - Transportation
Esenboga International Airport, located in the north of the city, is the main airport of Ankara. The bus lines constitute the main means ...   » Read the article