Any member of an Indo-European people whose empire (Old Kingdom 1700-1500 BC, New Kingdom 1400-1180 BC) was centred in Anatolia and northern Syria. Old Kingdom records detail Hittite territorial expansion; New Kingdom documents contain accounts of the Battle of Kadesh, one of the greatest conflicts of the ancient world, which was fought against Egypt. Hittite kings had absolute power and were viewed as deputies of the gods, at death becoming gods themselves. Hittite society was feudal and agrarian; iron-working technology was developed. The kingdom fell abruptly, possibly because of large-scale migrations of Sea Peoples and Phrygians into parts of the empire
A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine
the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture