Hittites, Lost Civilization of the Hatti

From the storm-lashed highlands of ancient Anatolia rose one of the most powerful civilizations of the Bronze Age world — a kingdom that rivaled Egypt, commanded vast chariot armies, ruled from the fortress-capital of Hattusa, and preserved thousands of clay tablets hidden beneath the earth for over three thousand years. In this second volume of the Ancient Kingdoms Series, Hittites: The Lost Civilization of Hatti takes readers deep into the forgotten empire of the Hittites, uncovering the kings, battles, sacred rituals, treaties, gods, collapses, and rediscovery of a civilization that nearly vanished from human memory. Drawing upon archaeology, royal archives, inscriptions, mythology, and the ruins of ancient Anatolia, this book reconstructs the world of Hatti in vivid historical detail.Inside, readers will encounter the rise of the Great Kings, the Battle of Kadesh against Ramses II, the sacred world of the "e;thousand gods of Hatti,"e; the royal city of Hattusa, the mysteries of Yazılıkaya, the collapse of the Bronze Age, and the astonishing modern rediscovery of the Hittites through archaeology and decipherment. Written for readers fascinated by ancient civilizations, archaeology, mythology, empire, and lost worlds, this volume in the Ancient Kingdoms Series brings the Hittites back to life as one of the great forgotten powers of antiquity — a civilization of stone gates, storm gods, royal archives, and imperial ambition buried for centuries beneath the soil of Anatolia.