Middle Hittite period

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The Middle Hittite period was a phase in Hittite history marked by political consolidation, legal and administrative reforms, and the cultural development that bridged the Old and New Hittite Kingdoms.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Middle Hittite period canonical 2
Hittite Middle Kingdom 1
Hittite Old Kingdom 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
phase of Hittite history
associatedWith Hittite diplomatic correspondence
Hittite law codes
linked to: Hittite laws

Hittite provincial administration
Hittite royal edicts
Hittite vassal treaties
capital Hattusa
chronologicalPosition between Old Hittite Kingdom and New Hittite Kingdom
country Hittite Kingdom
linked to: Hittite Empire
culturalContext Bronze Age Anatolia
endTime c. 1400 BCE
fieldOfStudy Ancient Near Eastern history
Hittitology
linked to: Anatolian studies
follows Old Hittite Kingdom
hasCharacteristic administrative reforms
cultural development
legal reforms
political consolidation
transition between Old and New Hittite Kingdoms
hasPart Middle Hittite administrative reorganization
Middle Hittite cultural developments
Middle Hittite legal reforms
hasSourceType administrative documents
cuneiform tablets
legal texts
royal inscriptions
historicalRole bridge between early and imperial phases of Hittite state
historicalSignificance consolidation of Hittite territorial control
development of Hittite bureaucratic institutions
standardization of Hittite legal practice
languageUsed Hittite language
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
partOf Bronze Age Near East
history of the Hittite Kingdom
precedes New Hittite Kingdom
linked to: Neo-Hittite states
religion Anatolian polytheism
linked to: Anatolian paganism

Hittite religion
linked to: Hittite mythology
startTime c. 1500 BCE
temporalRange 2nd millennium BCE
timePeriodOf codification of Hittite laws
development of Middle Hittite script and orthography
reorganization of Hittite state structures
strengthening of central royal authority
writingSystem cuneiform

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Hittite laws revisedIn Middle Hittite period
Hatti absorbedInto Hittite Old Kingdom
linked to: Middle Hittite period
Hittite Grammar covers Middle Hittite
linked to: Middle Hittite period
New Hittite period precededBy Middle Hittite period
Nesite language earliestAttestation Old Hittite period
linked to: Middle Hittite period
Great King of Hatti associatedWithDynasty Hittite Middle Kingdom
linked to: Middle Hittite period