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Hittite Empire, Turkey > 
The Hittites were a people who spoke an Indo-European language that had settled in modern Turkey during the second millenium B.C. They ruled the "Land of Hatti", in Anatolia and later extended their empire through Conquests.
The Hittites ruled the area from the city of Hattusas/Hattusha possibly as early as 1900 B.C. During the early period, they enjoyed trade with the Assyrians. Around 1800 B.C Anittas and his father Pitkhanas of Kussara sacked several Hittite cities and the Hittites came to a "decline" until the founding of "The Old Kingdom" under King Labarnas around 1680 B.C. The Hittites now started to expand, and they fought wars with Syria and Assyria. King Mursilis I (1620-1590 B.C) sacked Babylon in 1595 B.C. with help from the Kassites and brought an end to the Old Kingdom of Babylon and Hamurabi's dynasty. This left the Kassites in control of Babylon. King Mursilis I was later killed, and the land he captured was lost.
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