The Hittite empire is not well know here in Brazil and history books often skip them (also the Mittani empire). This is crazy, the Hittite empire was one of the largest bronze age empire. Thankfully I played the original Age Of Empires as an early teen. Most of my history knowledge today came from AoE and Civilization games.
I remember being a history buff since the 6th grade and now I observe how hallow the knowledge of ancient history we learn on the School, we only pass quickly by egypt, mesopotamia, greek, rome and just it, ver sad(mt triste)
@kurd means strong Kurdish civilizations?! What is it exactly that makes such disparate peoples "Kurdish" in your opinion? For example, the Phoenicians were of Semitohamitic ancestry, speaking a Semitic language, the Sumerians are of unknown but pre-IE ancestry, the Hittites were an admixture of pre-IE Hattians and IE Hittites proper... There was no connection among those peoples in antiquity to begin with, let alone a remote connection with the Kurds nowadays. The Kurds are an Iranic people whose probable ancestry has something to do with the Medes, the Gordians (the 'Kardouchoi' mentioned by Xenophon) and maybe even the Hurrians (though it's practically impossible to tell with certainty)... But to retrospectively claim all those different peoples as Kurdish, is absurd!
@@TheTariqibnziyad I find it more interesting how triggered you are by the mere knowledge that a Kurd is in the same comment section as you. Not a Kurd bragging like an asshole, mind you--just a Kurd existing. Really makes your comment look ironic, to say the least.
Hittitology student here: nice work! It's rare to find good and accurate content on the Hittites online, but you did very well with this video. Thank you for bringing my favourite civilisation to a wider audience! PS: This is a bit nitpicky, but while Muršili II lost his wife and two brothers within the same year, it's unknown whether these deaths were caused by the plague or not. In his wife's case, it's likely it was something else, since her death was attributed to Muršili's stepmother cursing her. PPS: Shameless self-promotion: I post recordings of ancient languages on my RU-vid channel, and have a couple of recordings of Hittite if you want to hear what it sounded like :)
If intersted...Rothman, quoted said...''All that was known in Mesopotamia came from Armenia and that Armenia is the absent fragment in the entire mosaic of the ancient world's civilization's construction. according to Anthropologist Mitchell S. Rothman regarding the extent of discoveries and specially on the quality of horse bones proved, According to him, that it was from the Shangavit Armenian 6000 years ago that the culture of that area spread around to the ancient world... Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians,Pelasgians and Etruscans spread westward from Armenia to Italy and Elis claimed that the closest affinities of the Aryan element are the Armenians ..other historians that agree are..Hellenthal, Busgy, Brand, Wilson, Myers and Falush...let me quote Merrick (2012) All religions are descended from and ancient Vedic cosmology described in the Rib - Veda, originating in Armenia near Mt. Ararat at least 6800 ys ago and the basic concepts of a transcendental mountain extending into space and populated planet Star-gods were developed...he further says...This Astrotheology then migrated with Armenian Aryans to found the Sumerian Ethiopian/Egyptian and Indian civilizations and religions...from Language as a fingerprint Setyan...
@@hikeoganessian9729 Very well written. Humanitys gread and envy for their own use has altered the real human truth. They have all tried to erase Armenians so their own bs can come true. But, without succes. They " Babylon " and others almost erased the language and alphabeth but it was brought back. Todays DNA reaserch has proven what we all once know that the result is identical to that of todays Armenians. So that puts, jews, muslims, greeks, babylons tower, turks etc etc in a jar with the lable bluff on it. The is only 1 Astvaz for humanity and one kind that can call themselfs Anunnaki 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Those “locals” inherited that word and it became culturally adopted. Kind of like the Celts “adopting” the dolmens and megaliths of Ireland and Briton even though they did not make them.
Manly Man …OMG…Yeah I know it comes from a Semitic language…Like friggin Phoenician, Aramaic, Arabic, and that fascist cesspool to west over yonder next Egypt whom I refuse to mention.
An interesting factoid about the Hittites is their early use of iron weapons. Although nearly not as prevalent as thought by earlier scholarship…a rare iron sword may have been used here and there (much of it meteoric iron. How cool would it be to have a sword made from meteorites! ) It is still debated how common it was in there empire. The more modern view seems to be very little was used and was more of a luxury item…there is a Hittite record of a vassal king “man of Burushanda” giving an iron throne as a gift in the early Hittite period. Iron was looked at as more of a luxury metal than utilitarian during the Bronze Age it seems-Had the bronze age not collapsed the iron age may have come much earlier.
Can u do one on the tribes of the berber people. I'm not sure if that's how u say it but thanks and great video bro keep up the good work Also, I hear a lot about Ta-sati from certain "history channel" 🙄 on RU-vid and I failed to find any reliable sources to answer my questions. Thank you and have a great day 😄
The pharaoh's widow was actually Ankhesenamun, wife of Tutankhamen. She was most likely worried about getting booted from the palace as her husband died young and she never carried an heir to term. So her request to the Hittite king was bizarre to them but made sense to her; "give me a prince to make a royal heir with". The king even sent an emissary first to make sure she was being understood correctly, and she sent back a letter with him passing along her offense that she wasn't being believed/taken seriously.
@@vahekhar3230 georgians call armenians "somekhi"-სომეხი, what means south people. Nothing in commun with Kheta people. I do not pretend about Hittit People descendence or something like that but, in our phonetique it existes "Khatuna"-female name (also turkish "Katun" or "Khatun") and "zemokheti" and "qvemokheti" high and low Kheta (both small willages)... Strange thing but, it existes.
From what I have read, for a very long time, the Hittites were virtually forgotten by the world and the only source that mentioned them came from the Bible until the archaeologists started rediscovering Hittite architectures in Anatolia.
The rediscovery of the Hittites actually began with Hittite sculpture rather than architecture. European scholars discovered Hittite rock reliefs in Syria and believed that they were Hittite, but had no proof of it until the translation of the Hittite texts.
The Hittites learned from ancient Semitic civilizations such as Babylon, Assyria and ancient Egypt, and were very influenced by the civilizations of ancient Iraq. Although the Hittites are Indo-European peoples, it shows you the extent to which human peoples learn from each other ❤️❤️
The ancient Egyptians were of the indo-european language family and shared common ancestors with neolithic Europeans. (Latins, Celts, Slavs, Germanics, Greeks, etc.)
Gene D. Matlock - What Strange Mystery Unites the Turkish Nations, India, Catholicism, and Mexico? In a book about the history of ancient Turkic Afghanistan, I found such biblical personages as King David, Saul, Adam and Eve, Goliath, and even Solomon. However, in the Afghan account, Goliath was riding on an elephant when David knocked him off the elephant. The Afghan account mentioned that after being banished from Eden, Adam went to Ceylon or what is now Sri Lanka (Serendipity). Eve went to Jiddah, in Arabia. (Ref: History of The Afghans, by Khwaja Neamat Ullah.) It was painfully difficult for me to challenge, weaken and anesthetize my previous religious conditionings. After all, I was born Christian and still am. But I remained strong and resolute in my quest. I did not overlook any kind of anomaly, such as the strange similarities between Brahm-Abraham, Sarah-Saraisvati, and Hakra (Hagar?). I also found other Noahs and several Moseses in Hindu myths, but the Hindus say that many of the myths in their holy books occurred in Central Asia, especially in Siberia, ancestral home of all the Turkish peoples. Even the biblical Hindu Hittites and Amorites, the fathers and mothers of Jerusalem, also Abraham and Sarah, were Turks. If one cannot accept that the Hittites and Amorites were Turkish Krishtayas, he’ll never get any sense out of the Bible.
Thanks for putting that together. I'd just read an article about the Hittites' war chariots, and I was interested in learning something about the Hittites - but not so interested that I wanted to watch an hour-long documentary. So this was perfect.
Hittites and other Anatolians Hellenized than Turkified. Making Cappadocian Greeks, Anatolian Turks, some individuals of other nearby ethnicities, and Pontic Greeks descendants of Anatolians like the Hittites. Though some individuals do to interethnic marriage in family tree from nearby land areas also descend partially from Hittites and related Anatolian peoples.
@Helios Megistos no I'm not saying Hittites are Turk. Though they have mix with Turks and Greeks. Turks from that one southwest Turkey province have up to 35% Medieval Oghuz dna and the rest is Anatolian or Greek. I'm talking about Illustrative dna sources btw. So mixing has happened. But Hittites, Luwains, Carians and other Bronze Age Anatolian populations, ARE NOT!!! Turkic.
Amazing video. Just excellent. The Hittites are some of my favorite civilizations to study. Their chariots were so awesome, just think about the chariot is awesome. I learned today they were even more interesting. Also, its funny how some people are nearly hyper realistic paintings and some are stickmen in your videos. Great art
Yeah, Ancient Greece treated the h sound only something you can write with an accent mark, not given a letter of its own. And even that was later dropped.
Informative, beautiful and very nicely done, 10 minutes of happiness on a wonderful subject...Makes me want to repaint my Hittite figurines army ... and to subscribe ...Done 👍👍👍
@@EpimetheusHistory Well, 15mm for me (ouch, my poor eyes!), but Hittites and Egyptian chariots are one of my favourite figures...Once again congrats for your vid!
Saw a documentary which suggested that the Hittite Empire actually broke up due to internal division, and they vacated their capital, burning it as they left. What is sure, is that the burning process helped preserve the clay tablets in the Library of Hattusa, containing the Hittite diplomatic correspondence. Quiz question, did anyone spot the Hittite reference in the original King Kong film?
Thank you greatly for this information about the Hittites throughout my life I've tried to uncover these Mysteries as I go but never had the time to laser focus like you have thank you so much I will be watching and re-watching this it is fascinating and I am putting my faith in you + your research..
Great video! I’ve been loving this Bronze Age series! It would seem that someone’s been reading Eric Cline’s book, “1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed.”
@@craigmason9893 yeah them too though now that think of it I feel like by the time the Romans came the Hittites would've just been merceneries to the Seleucids
It seems they (or other related Anatolian peoples) survived as distinct ethnic groups until the Hellenistic era: The Isaurians were likely the last surviving group.
KTChamberlain I am betting you would be able to manage a straight face if you were suddenly in Suppilulma's court, prostrate before his throne, with all his court torturers rubbing their fingers while looking at you. It is all just a matter of perspective!
"Subbiluliuma". Or if you must, "Suppiluliuma". But the most recent Hittite scholarship trying to figure out how to pronounce Hittite words leans towards voiced ('b') consonants when internal to a word, and voiceless ('p') at the beginning or end of a word. And the reason you can't say it with a straight face is because it's funny as hell. :-) Next up for don't laugh: Pudu-Hepa, wife of Hattusili (or Haddusili) III.
Great vid bro! Again with amazing art, I always heard the Hitties were infamous for their warfare. Fun fact Uriah (one of King Davids men) was a hittie...
@lobsterbale Legesse What do you mean they were "described" as proto-mongoloid on Egyptian walls? If you're referring to their eye shapes.....the Egyptians had a way of exaggerating facial features so that the eyes appeared at time to be very slanted and almost shaped, ALMOST mongoloid. But not every Caucasian has big round eyes like the Greeks tended to have! There is no evidence that the Hittites had anything to do with the mongoloid race. Mongoloids have a different history from Europeans and Western Asiatics and a completely different culture, as a whole.
I visited the Hittite capital and satellite sites a few years ago. Great place to visit, as is Turkey in general. You can wander around the sites, mostly unrestricted. Bogazakale town, which has a nice museum and accommodations, is right next to the capital, very close to Yazilikkaya, and not too far from Alacahoyuk. Highly recommended (along with Gordium, Catalhoyuk, and Gobekli Tepe -- other ancient places in Turkey that are not as tourist-frequented).
I would love to visit that sooooo much. I visited Turkey a few years ago for a couple weeks and loved it. But I did not get to see any Hittite sites...I did see artifacts in the museum though which was really cool.
You can visit Çorum in modern day Turkey to learn more about Hittites. Çorumites are direct descendants of Hittites. Some even claim royal Hittite blood in them.
It must the Byzantines; they lived for eleven centuries there. Or Hellenistic kingdom before them. Or Alexander the Great. Where were your forefathers then? Guess! Somewhere in the steeppes of Central Asia. Don't fool yourself.
Thanks for the history! Loved the video...curious as to what time period was the plague that the Hittites brought back from Egypt? Or do u have timeline video? I semi looked through your playlist but u have A LOT of interesting videos but I cant tell. I'm looking for easy to comprehend Ancient Near East history videos. Thanks again!
Years ago I visited the remains of Hattusa and was intrigued by the Hittites and I still wonder if they are connected with the Etruscans who are believed to have migrated from the Turkish inland to Italy, or if this group belonged to one of the subdued kingdoms of the Hittites…
The land of Hatti! Always my favorite Bronze Age culture! Their language, Nesili, is Indo-European, Masters of horse, and designers of the heavy chariot. "Nu-NINDA-an ezzateni watar-ma ekutteni"... "Bread you eat and water you drink". "NINDA" is related to the word "naan" seen for Indian flat bread. "Ezzateni" to the German "essen" "to eat" and "watar" needs no translation!
If intersted...Rothman, quoted said...''All that was known in Mesopotamia came from Armenia and that Armenia is the absent fragment in the entire mosaic of the ancient world's civilization's construction. according to Anthropologist Mitchell S. Rothman regarding the extent of discoveries and specially on the quality of horse bones proved, According to him, that it was from the Shangavit Armenian 6000 years ago that the culture of that area spread around to the ancient world... Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians,Pelasgians and Etruscans spread westward from Armenia to Italy and Elis claimed that the closest affinities of the Aryan element are the Armenians ..other historians that agree are..Hellenthal, Busgy, Brand, Wilson, Myers and Falush...let me quote Merrick (2012) All religions are descended from and ancient Vedic cosmology described in the Rib - Veda, originating in Armenia near Mt. Ararat at least 6800 ys ago and the basic concepts of a transcendental mountain extending into space and populated planet Star-gods were developed...he further says...This Astrotheology then migrated with Armenian Aryans to found the Sumerian Ethiopian/Egyptian and Indian civilizations and religions...from Language as a fingerprint Setyan...
It means they were the ancestors of Scythian people in which German and Goths are included Hun and saka were also their branches Chinese called them some times haka and sometimes huingnu
I really love everything about this channel! Wish I could see your presentation of the Hebraic and Israelite people who ended up becoming the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims. I know that you like to cover uncover overlooked histories but I'm sure there are aspects of history that are perpetually overlooked. I especially would like to know the connection between the Hebraic people, Sumerian, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, Canaanite people's & Persians, pre-Islamic Arabians...
I like ancient history much more than medieval history and everything that comes after, theres just something about the ancoent civilizations that make them so cool
Good video! Could have been excellent with references and bibliography. My interest on the Hittites was whipped up by this video. Good work. Much appreciated.
@@Elizabeth Porter: "was" or "is"? Perhaps you should've post your query as a primary and independent post/comment, not nested it within mine? Anyway, you could refer to wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Turkey Thank you.
Your videos are great and informative. I really enjoy watching them and hearing your other voices representing the group you are primarily talking about. The Archaeological history about the Hittites is equally astonishing. Very few people know today that around one or two hundred years ago, the Hittites, were considered fables in the Old Testament as there was no real record of their existence until Archaeology proved their existence. I'm kinda shocked you didn't mention this in your video about them. Some consider it to be an astonishing moment in history when one of the few times that the Bible was proved to be right on a given topic....namely the fact that they existed.
Will subscribe. Love your soothing voice and the way you tell the history of different groups. I'm aHistory buff myself and love the info. you provided!
@@rc7625 that's what I thought when I read your comment. Hitittes were pagans, it's clear as they are descendants of Esau. The compelling factor is they established an empire that will also produce itself as enemies of Israel in the final war against Jeru'Salem. So there isn't much left than to assume they are devil worshippers. I'll assume you are unintelligent, which is why you think 0/10 makes you feel like an established comment maker. I'll bet you pride yourself for your wit. 0/10 for wit 10/0 for twit
I first found out about Hittites in age of empires 1 demo campaign. I was starting high school back then and I never heard about them before and the information was hard to come by, since they weren't famous like Sumerians or Egyptians.
, If intersted...Rothman, quoted said...''All that was known in Mesopotamia came from Armenia and that Armenia is the absent fragment in the entire mosaic of the ancient world's civilization's construction. according to Anthropologist Mitchell S. Rothman regarding the extent of discoveries and specially on the quality of horse bones proved, According to him, that it was from the Shangavit Armenian 6000 years ago that the culture of that area spread around to the ancient world... Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians,Pelasgians and Etruscans spread westward from Armenia to Italy and Elis claimed that the closest affinities of the Aryan element are the Armenians ..other historians that agree are..Hellenthal, Busgy, Brand, Wilson, Myers and Falush...let me quote Merrick (2012) All religions are descended from and ancient Vedic cosmology described in the Rib - Veda, originating in Armenia near Mt. Ararat at least 6800 ys ago and the basic concepts of a transcendental mountain extending into space and populated planet Star-gods were developed...he further says...This Astrotheology then migrated with Armenian Aryans to found the Sumerian Ethiopian/Egyptian and Indian civilizations and religions...from Language as a fingerprint Setyan...
Also most of ancient egyptian pharaoh and people were not fully black i wonder why did the 25th dynasty was kicked out by the northern people and not southern people?
Kemet Egypt knew most medicine we know today in its natural Form. It was alchemy capital in those days. They did their war time study well to lure Supilluliuma send his son to Egypt only to be killed as fugitive.
The Hatti kings killings remind me of the later Byzantine emperors kings killings. The Hatti army stalemate against the Egyptian army led by Pharaoh Ramses II at the battle of Kadesh was a great achievement.
