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The Hittites were an ancient people, originally speaking an Indo-European language and using a cuneiform script, based on that of the preceding Sumerians. They primarily inhabited what is today Turkey and Syria, and their empire reached its height during the mid-14th century BC. They were masters of the chariot and made numerous terrifying sweeps into the Egyptian Empire, whupping the army of Ramses II, leading to a protracted two-century war with Egypt, in a battle for control of the Mediterranean (does anything ever change?) The Hittites are written of in the Bible and they are the ancestors of many of the inhabitants of modern-day Syria.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:50:54 +0000

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