In these passages, the Biblical Hittites appear to refer to the Iron Age Syro-Hittite states. However, in most of their appearances, the Biblical Hittites are depicted as a people living among the Israelites – Abraham purchases the Patriarchal burial-plot of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite and Hittites serve as high military officers in ...

The Hittites may have been able to produce and work iron, but production was too limited to support the mass markets demanded for designation as an Iron Age. One Hittite king, in the 13th Century B.C., apologetically sent an iron dagger blade to another king.

Mar 31, 2024 · From the misty past of Anatolia emerged a people hardened by its rugged terrains, forged by its iron deposits, and unified by a dream to carve a place in history. This is the story of the Hittites, a saga of ascendancy, innovation, and ultimate legacy. Steeped in antiquity, the tale of the Hittite Empire begins in a time unrecorded.

The development of iron smelting was once attributed to the Hittites of Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age. As part of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, the Bronze Age collapse saw the slow, comparatively continuous spread of iron-working technology in the region.

Hittite society was essentially feudal and agrarian, the common people being either freemen, “artisans,” or slaves. Anatolia was rich in metals, especially silver and iron. In the empire period the Hittites developed iron-working technology, helping to initiate the Iron Age.

The Hittites are regarded as the first people to produce iron and thus are the civilization that ushered in the Iron Age. About 1200 B.C., scholars suggest, cultures other than the Hittites began to possess iron.

The Hittites are regarded as the first people to produce iron and thus are the civilization that ushered in the Iron Age. About 1200 B.C., scholars suggest, cultures other than the Hittites began to possess iron.

Nov 5, 2024 · Today, the Hittites are remembered for their contributions to diplomacy, governance, and technology. Their achievements in ironworking paved the way for the Iron Age, a period that would transform societies across the ancient world.

Sep 18, 2023 · The Iron Age is typically divided into six key periods, each marked by distinctive developments and cultural achievements, ranging from the emergence of the Hittites in Anatolia to the Islamic Golden Age and the independent ironworking cultures of sub-Saharan Africa.

In fact, iron was ‘known’ to the world all throughout the Bronze Age - i.e. before, during and after the time of the Hittites - a fact underpinned by plenty of epigraphic evidence.