WOH 2022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Giza Pyramid Complex, Scorpion Ii, Naqada Iii
Document Summary
Around 1650 hitties were united under a single king. Developed a culture that similar to mesopatamian culture but they still maintained their roots. There are grammatical and systematic connections between greek and latin languages. Hittite language did not survive but elements of it did. The study of world civilization benefited greatly from the translation of. Hittite language helped with the understanding other languages. Human civilizations copy/borrow customs, technology from other civilizations. Growth of hitties and other empires post 1600. Mursilis the first took over hattusilis 1 when he died, he was hattusilis grandson. 1595 mursilis the 1st captured the city of babylon and this marked the end of the babylonian empire. Men controlled women and they all wanted sons so they could reign the throne. Mursilis 1 had many cousins/relatives and they fought for the throne because of this the hitties fell into civil war. 1550-1450 hatti collapsed into a serious of small kingdoms because of the civil war.
