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Hittites

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Long ago, a group called the Hittites lived.

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Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire 38.jpg
They built a big city. It was called Hattusa.
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Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire 04.jpg
They used fast chariots to move. They also wrote on small clay tablets.
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Hattusa Bronze Tablet Cuneiform.JPG
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Sphinx_Gate,_Hattusa_01.jpg
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Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire 04.jpg
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AlacaStandarte.jpg
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Furniture support- female sphinx with...
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Hattusa_Yerkapi_rampant.JPG
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File:Indo-European expansions.jpg
Indo-European expansions.jpg
File:Sphinx_Gate,_Alaca_Höyük_03.jpg
Sphinx_Gate,_Alaca_Höyük_03.jpg
File:Hattusa reliefs1.jpg
Hattusa reliefs1.jpg
File:Hittite Chariot.jpg
Hittite Chariot.jpg
File:Hattusa.rampart.jpg
Hattusa.rampart.jpg

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