WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hittites were originally migrant peasants who lived north of the Black Sea. About 2300 B.C. they moved into Anatolia, which is the ancient name for Asia Minor. It is known as Turkey today.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Hittites occupied the ancient region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, developed a culture apparently from the indigenous Hatti (and possibly the Hurrian) people, and expanded their territories into an empire which rivaled, and threatened, the established nation of Egypt.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hittites migrated from Central Asia to Mesopotamia for a number of reasons, including the expansion of their empire and to gain more resources for their growing population. This occurred during the high of their empire around 1300 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the origins of written history, the Anatolian plains inside the area ringed by the Kızılırmak River were occupied by the first defined civilization in Anatolia, a non-Indo-European indigenous people named the Hattians (c. 2500 BC – c. 2000 BC).