Log in coolme77 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to coolme77's post “What does the article mea...” What does the article mean by "Hittites are so named because of their initial identification with the Biblical Hittites, are they not identified with/as the Biblical Hittites anymore? • (15 votes) David Alexander 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “In the Hebrew Bible there...” In the Hebrew Bible there's a group of people identified as "the Hittites". They could easily just be a local Canaanite tribe. (King David stole a wife from a Hittite named Uriah, for example. Uriah served in King David's army and was away at war at the time, and eventually King David had him killed and kept the wife.) Anyway, 19th century archaeologists, believing bible stories to be history, finding ruins of a previously unnamed group, attached the name of the biblical group to what they found. (21 votes) ptownMcWoodle 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to ptownMcWoodle's post “I'm interested in exactly...” I'm interested in exactly who the "sea people" mentioned in the lesson were or might have been? • (8 votes) chinmaybho4151 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to chinmaybho4151's post “It is extremely unclear w...” It is extremely unclear who the Sea Peoples were. Some have hypothesized that they may possibly have been Aegean tribes, raiders from Central Europe, scattered soldiers who now were pirates, or some other peoples Tricia Hein 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Tricia Hein's post “Was there something simil...” Was there something similar to the Rosetta stone that helped translate the Hittites' written language? • (15 votes) themonster 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to themonster's post “were the Egyptian more po...” were the Egyptian more powerful than the Hittite? • (3 votes) David Alexander 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “This leads us to the Batt...” This leads us to the Battle of Kadesh, where the empires clashed militarily. In the view of Iranian Egyptologist Mehdi Yarahmadi, the Egyptians were defeated, and the accounts that exist to today of Egyptian victory are ancient Egyptian propaganda. ( یاراحمدی, مهدی (2011). پارادوکس قادش : پیروزی رامسس بزرگ یا برتری مواتالی دوم ؟ [Kadesh paradox: the triumph of the great Ramses II Mvataly?] (in Persian). دانشگاه فردوس ی مشهد: شماره 44 -45 فصلنامه تاریخ پژوهی. pp. 141–151.) (5 votes) kmdove 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to kmdove's post “was this the first time a...” was this the first time a battle was won by both? • (6 votes) J Rush 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to J Rush's post “Who served in the two arm...” Who served in the two armies? Were they slaves who were forced to fight? Were they captives from previous conquests made to serve in the armies? Or were they citizen-soldiers who were called to fight when needed? Were those in the armies considered a separate class within the society? Also was there a concept of private property in either the Hittite or Egyptian nations? • (4 votes) Zob Rombie 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Zob Rombie's post “Not that I’m an expert, b...” Not that I’m an expert, but from what I know I’d say both slaves and citizens, and I do recall that citizen households had to provide one member to pay taxes in the form of labor, maybe it was the same for the armies, and I think that some of the higher members of society served too, just like nobles did later on in England, Russia, Spain, and other powerful empires. Except those nobles would hold a higher martial status than the common soldier. (0 votes) 🌺PrairiePrincess🌺 11 days agoPosted 11 days ago. Direct link to 🌺PrairiePrincess🌺's post “which country was the fir...” which country was the first to spread/domesticate horses? • (2 votes) David Alexander 11 days agoPosted 11 days ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Horses, the scientists co...” Horses, the scientists conclude, were first domesticated 6000 years ago in the western part of the Eurasian Steppe, modern-day Ukraine and West Kazakhstan. And as the animals were domesticated, they were regularly interbred with wild horses, the researchers say. (3 votes) Jessica 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Jessica's post “With the obvious biblical...” With the obvious biblical component here in the Hittite naming, how does the biblical story line follow this timeline? What were the proto-semetic cultures (Early Jews and Canaanites) doing during this time period? • (0 votes) David Alexander 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Be careful. The Hittites ...” Be careful. The Hittites referred to in the Bible were a Caananite tribe. The Hittites of Anatolia were not related to that bunch at all. Look them up and you'll see. Two different bunches with the same name. (6 votes) Lucy Hummel 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Lucy Hummel's post “When did they dominate So...” When did they dominate South Asia • (1 vote) David Alexander 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Hittites and Anatolians d...” Hittites and Anatolians did NOT dominate south asia (which is, roughly, the areas of modern Bengladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India.) The Hittites and Anatolians never made it that far. (4 votes) AedenC 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to AedenC's post “what is indo-European wha...” what is indo-European what does it mean • (2 votes) David Alexander 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Certain linguistic and ge...” Certain linguistic and genetic phenomena evident in Europe and the European diaspora into the Americas have been traced back to origins in India. The term "indo-European" was coined to corral these sorts of phenomena into one conceptual group. (2 votes)Want to join the conversation?
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What race were the Hittites? ›
The Hittites were an ancient group of Indo-Europeans who moved into Asia Minor and formed an empire at Hattusa in Anatolia (modern Turkey) around 1600 BCE.
Who are the Hittites in the Bible today? ›Their ancestor was Heth (Hebrew: חֵת, Modern: H̱et, Tiberian: Ḥēṯ). In the late 19th century, the biblical Hittites were identified with a newly discovered Indo-European-speaking empire of Anatolia, a major regional power through most of the 2nd millennium BC, who therefore came to be known as the Hittites.
Were the Hittites in Anatolia? ›The Hittites occupied the ancient region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, developed a culture apparently from the indigenous Hatti (and possibly the Hurrian) people, and expanded their territories into an empire which rivaled, and threatened, the established nation of Egypt.
Who are the descendants of the Hittites today? ›In terms of culture, ethnicity and language, Hittites are an extinct people. In terms of genetics, their closest descendents would be Anatolian and Cypriot Greeks (not mainland Greeks though).
What did Hittite people look like? ›They had a jaw that stuck out (known as a prognathous jaw) and foreheads that sloped back steeply. In regard to race, historians disagree on the Hittites' skin tone. In many ways, the Hittite people likely looked like modern-day people from the region of Anatolia.
Who did the Hittite descend from? ›The Hittites were an ancient people that lived in the Anatolia region in Asia Minor, which is modern day Turkey. The Bible says the Hittites were descendants of Ham, one of Noah's sons.
Who wiped out the Hittites? ›The Assyrians launched attacks against the eastern borders of the empire as well as in Syria, reducing Hittite territory in these regions. At the same time, Hittite dependencies in the west were being lost. Sometime around 1200 B.C., Hattusha was violently destroyed and never recovered.
What god did the Hittites worship? ›worship of
Hittite sun goddess, the principal deity and patron of the Hittite empire and monarchy. Her consort, the weather god Taru, was second to Arinnitti in importance, indicating that she probably originated in matriarchal times. Arinnitti's precursor seems to have been a mother-goddess of Anatolia, symbolic…
Uriah the Hittite (Hebrew: אוּרִיָּה הַחִתִּי ʾŪrīyyā haḤītī) is a minor figure in the Hebrew Bible, mentioned in the Books of Samuel, an elite soldier in the army of David, king of Israel and Judah, and the husband of Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam.
Was Bathsheba a Hittite? ›Bathsheba, in the Hebrew Bible (2 Samuel 11, 12; 1 Kings 1, 2), wife of Uriah the Hittite; she later became one of the wives of King David and the mother of King Solomon. Bathsheba was a daughter of Eliam and was probably of noble birth.
What did Anatolians look like? ›
Anatolians were prominent during the Pre-Greek/Roman era in the Asia Minor and primarily in the Plateau. After assimilation,they looked just like how Greeks did. Many with Blonde and Blue eyed,light skinned and rest with olive skin and light/dark brown hair/eyes. Even existing as Anatolians,they looked the same.
Who are the indigenous people of Anatolia? ›The Anatolians were Indo-European-speaking peoples of the Anatolian Peninsula in present-day Turkey, identified by their use of the Anatolian languages.
What race is the Hittites? ›We now know that these people we call Hittites were Indo-Europeans, belonging to the so-called Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The similarity between Hittite and other Indo-European languages was quickly established.
What does the word Hittites mean in Hebrew? ›What does “Hittites” mean in Hebrew? The Hebrew word Ḥittīm (חיתים) only refers to the Biblical Hittites, an ancient nation. These people are also referred to in the Torah as Benei-Ḥet (בני-חת), or the Children of Het. The name Het is probably of foreign origin, so the meaning is unknown.
What is Canaan called today? ›The land known as Canaan was situated in the territory of the southern Levant, which today encompasses Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and the southern portions of Syria and Lebanon.
What nationality are the Hittites? ›The Hittite empire — centered in modern Turkey — fell victim to the Bronze Age Collapse around the beginning of the twelfth century BC. Ethnic Hittite dynasties survived in small kingdoms scattered around modern Syria, Lebanon and Israel. They are linked with other Anatolian Indo-Europeans Luwaians, Phyrgians etc.
What is Hittite ancestry? ›Origins. The ancestors of the Hittites came into Anatolia between 4400 and 4100 BC, when the Anatolian language family split from (Proto)-Indo-European. Recent genetic and archaeological research has indicated that Proto-Anatolian speakers arrived in this region sometime between 5000 and 3000 BC.
Were the Hittites Middle Eastern? ›the Hittites established one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. At its height, the empire encompassed central Turkey, north western Syria, and Upper Mesopotamia (north eastern Syria and northern Iraq).
Where did the hivites come from? ›The Hivites (Hebrew: חִוִּים Ḥiwwîm) were one group of descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (10:17).