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Hattusa (Boğazkale)

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Hattusa: ancient capital of the Hittite Empire.

The so-called King's Gate

Originally a town of the Hatti, the original population of Central Anatolia, before the Hittites arrived
Captured by king Anitta, ruler of Kussara and Kaneš, who accepted the titel of "great king" and cursed Hattusa
c.1650 BCE: in spite of the curse, the town was refounded by a descendant of Anitta who took the city's name as personal name and called himself Hattusili, "the man from Hattusa" (r. c.1650-c.1620)
Old Kingdom (until c.1575 BCE): settlement Büyükkake
Iron Age helmet

Crisis; after this, creation of the New Kingdom (c.1350-c.1190 BCE)
Many new temples, gates,and wall
Attacked by Kaska people from the north
Thirteenth century BCE: sanctuary at Yazılıkaya
c.1200 BCE: evacuated during the reign of Šuppililiuma II; there appears to have been a famine; houses were not looted
Hattusa was still inhabited during the Iron Age
Completely forgotten

Hattusa, Statuette of a warrior	Hattusa, Büyükkale	Hattusa, Lion Gate	Hattusa, Hieroglyph room
Hattusa, Sculpture of a bull	Hattusa, Epic of Gilgamesh	Hattusa, Deeds of Šuppililiuma	Hattusa, Hittite laws about personal damage
Hattusa, Kadesh Treaty	Hattusa, Letter from the Hittite queen Puduhepa to the Egyptian queen Nefertari	Hattusa, Letter of king Hattusilis III to king Kadashman-Enlil II of Babylonia	Hattusa, Treaty between king Tudhaliya IV and king Karunta of Tarhuntašša
Hattusa, Sphinx Gate, slope and stairs	Hattusa, Sphinx Gate, tunnel	Hattusa, Sphinx Gate, sphinxes	The massive substructure of Hattusa's Sphinx Gate