The Entire History Of The Hittites / Ancient History Documentary

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Storm Lords: The Entire History of the Hittites -
I - Origins - 16:05
II - Old Kingdom - 30:57
III - Storm Lords - 45:33
IV - Middle Kingdom - 1:02:37
V - New Kingdom - 1:09:21
VI - Clash Of Empires - 1:26:15
VII - Wars In The West - 1:54:32
VIII - Collapse - 2:12:44
IX - Successors - 2:28:35
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[@HistoryTime]

Hi all and greetings from the tiny island of Sark where I’ve escaped to for a bit of post video-editing relaxation (and filming of course). Glad to have this one finally finished, it’s been in the works for a few years now. Next I’ll get back to the gigantic entire history of the Mycenaeans I’ve been working on all year … in a couple of days I’ll update the video description to include a detailed source list from Gordon. All the best and see you on the next one! Pete Edit - Ramesses II’s wife was Nefertari not Nefertiti! Sorry about this mistake I made. Ottoman Empire collapsed 1922. not 1992. Apologies for the typo.

[@simon2493]

Hittites? I would argue they are at the middle of ancient bronze age civilizations ice berg there is Urartu at the botom of it.

[@user-McGiver]

Troy was the last standing Hittite city... [and the Trojan war was kinda WW zero, of the then known world!...] that makes the ''builders of Rome, Hittites, refugees from Troy!... they eventually came back to where they started, building Konstandinopole... taxing the Free Trade again... PS: I hear ''beardless'' and I think Romans!... I guess a question could be... ''are the Kurds Hittites?... DNA can answer that! they are the mountain people of Anatolia after all...

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The Bible talked about the Hittites extensively only to have "scientists" until very recently discount them as a myth for lack of archeological evidence and use that to show the Bible as fallible in it's historocity. Nothing in the Bible has ever been disproven by archeology. That's pretty amazing.

[@Callacallan]

@@SpicyTexan64 I was going to post this same thing. I always found it fascinating how certain people were that the Bible made up the Hittites...right up until it was proven they were real. Fascinating video, too.

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The Bible is mix of stories and accounts from multiple ancient civilizations/cultures. The biblical authors plagiarized to push their agendas. Science evidence based. Abrahamic religions are use historically based stories intermingled with fiction in order to con the ignorant/gullible masses to fall in line.

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@@SpicyTexan64 The bible is nonsense.

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​@SpicyTexan64 It makes me hopeful that one day, more evidence of the Exodus will be uncovered.

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Had to pause and comment after the description of that massive battle. Thank you for describing that in a way where I could imagine it as a Hollywood movie. Yes, there are lots of epic Greek or Roman battles on the big screen but there are thousands of years of equally dramatic battles that Hollywood hasn't even thought of. Thank you for giving the story the weight, dynamism, and sense of scale it deserves!

[@GordonDohertyAuthor]

Was that Kadesh, Kats?

[@kats9755]

@@GordonDohertyAuthor 99% sure that was the one, yes

[@GordonDohertyAuthor]

​@@kats9755thought so - epic clash! The imagery of Pharaoh Seti's war lion thundering through the fray is spine tingling/chilling!

[@kats9755]

@GordonDohertyAuthor I wanted more details on the war lion, that sounds terrifying! I was especially chilled by the imagery of a dust storm and glinting bronze weapons heralding the arrival of the Hittite force. Really gave an epic sense of scale.

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[@davidgreenwood6029]

For ancient history perhaps, but the great wars channels are unbeatable in terms of scope and depth.

[@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV]

I missed the premiere because I was in the mood for a walk this evening, but was so hyped to watch this that, somewhat uncharacteristically, I liked almost as soon as I started watching this about a dozen minutes ago-ish (as of this comment). I'm excited for what this video has in store for me.

[@Deridus]

Was it at least a good walk?

[@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV]

@@Deridus yeah, but the docco was even better

[@Deridus]

@@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV Yes, it was. I was only sightly familiar with the Hittites because of Fall of Civs Podcast, as well as various Civilization games, so it's safe to say I learned a whole hell of a lot from this.

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Titty 👀

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It really Hitts the spot.

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@@DesertFernweh Hitts a mater of taste.

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Another absolute banger. Thanks for everything mate!

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[@andypanda4927]

I had listened to a couple vid.lectectures on Uribe that covered the Hittites, Troy & Bronze Age Collapse. My take is the Hittites collapsed so thoroughly by virtue of being aggressed by subject tribe/clans on their northern & western frontiers, the Sea Peoples intrusions, and, possibly, a succession crisis. Good Vid!

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Thank you for the work that you did researching and producing this video about the Hittites! Thank you for posting it on your channel!

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First watch of many I am sure. Takes me a while to absorb all the information in detail but I do love the detail so much in your work. Your perspectives are always fresh and easy to take in. Thank you as always.

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No. Stop. Being a good presenter of history doesn't make one a historian.

Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians, Pelasgians and Etr

[@sfperalta]

Obscure history wonderfully presented. Had me on the edge of my seat for 2 1/2 hours, and that's not easy to do. So much is said about Egypt, Greece and (later) Rome, but there are other great civilizations out there during those times that are worth knowing about. I had heard about the Bronze Age collapse before but had never associated it with the end of so many civilizations. Absolutely fascinating history! I'm hooked.

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Fantastic work of historical scholarship. Thanks for all your great efforts on our behalf, and those long gone to time.

[@allisonrich5061]

Thank you, Pete, for another excellent documentary. You do such a beautiful job on these. The Hitties were a mighty people. your documentary on the Sea Peoples is one of my favorite things you have made.

[@DorchesterMom]

Hit the notification. I do love me some Hittite history ❤

[@sargata3054]

This was so good. The footage and narration are top-tier quality, and the Hittite civilization is endlessly fascinating. Thank you!

[@secretreagent1728]

Finally, I can fall asleep and dream about being amongst the mighty Hittites

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

Homie drops a 2 hour 35 min vid and you put it on to sleep to 😆

[@blackguypancakes7516]

Interaction

[@kirkbarnett1231]

I do that too lol.... Best dream I had so far of that type was when I was a jeweler in Athens while falling asleep to a Greek documentary 😂

[@gregorynixonAUTHOR]

Overall, a stupendous achievement! Well done, gentlemen. I watched it all with great pleasure in one sitting. I have probably seen every decent vid on the Sea Peoples or the Hittites on KZbin, and this is the most entertaining and most often among the best supported historically. It was so well put together in all aspects: from Pete Kelly's rich narration to Gordon Doherty's dramatic text. I even liked the dynamic musical score and the contemporary highways of Turkey (which gave me a feel for the land). As myself a historical novelist of the Hittites and the Bronze Age Collapse, I must point out one minor blooper and some runaway speculation in the later parts of the vid. At 1:53:19, Nefertiti is mentioned as the wife of Ramses II, but of course she was the wife of Akhenaton. Nefertari is the name you want. And it was the whole section on the Trojan War that spiralled off into hyperbole and speculation (which I should expect having read Doherty's excellent Hittite novels). Not only archaeologist Carl Blegen, but major contemporary Hittitologists Cline and Bryce date the namesake Trojan War as most likely Troy VIIa, about 1200 BCE. It was merely a rebuild of larger Troy VI, the one in Hattusili III's era that appears to have been destroyed by earthquake. Historically, "Hattu" had nothing to do with Homer's Trojan War. That Troy was likely destroyed during the Bronze Age Collapse by Achaeans who had joined the Sea Peoples. I must admit to smiling from ear to ear as Carchemish was named as the last surviving outpost of the Hittite Empire, as that is precisely what I did in my novel, *The Diomedeia*. The Hittite's final regiment, escaping the destruction of Hattusa, goes to Talmi-Teshub, King of Karkemish (1200-1181 BCE). Anyway, A+.

[@sraught]

I'm finishing up the Diomedeia. It's such a long read, but damn is it good. I'm really looking forward to starting Kyprios.

[@gregorynixonAUTHOR]

@@sraught So good to hear. Thanks @sraught. *Diomedeia* could have been edited for plot lubrication but then I would have had to sacrifice so much of the rich, historically-based description. *Diomedes in Kyprios* is about half the size and moves along much more quickly (though I still have historically-based description).

[@DexterTroyan-b4y]

Excellent review, Professor Nixon! I tend to agree on all point. I see an edit notice has been added about Nefertiti/Nefertari.

[@douglaskingsman2565]

Great review, but well-founded polite critiques too. I see an edit has been made on the Egyptian queen. Yes, the date given for the Trojan War is outdated and no longer thought to be accurate by most experts. That was the weakest section.

[@danythrinbell1596]

they refused to acept hittites did indeed were a empire in bronze age because most of western europeans today are dei descendants like me

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[@philvirgo7738]

There is an error on the screen at 3:56. The Ottoman Empire ended in 1922 not 1992.

[@iamnotmadok]

True

[@yvonnesmith6152]

The mysterious Hatti…how I yearn to know more about them, but not much is known. The Hittites respected them to the point of adopting their name and city names. Such breathtaking art, mysterious culture and sophistication

Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians, Pelasgians and Etr

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I have been waiting for you to tackle the Hittites. There is a rather good Docudrama on KZbin, but Pete is always my go to for history Docs!

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I have recently visited Hattusa, Yazilikaya, Sapinuva and Alacahoyuk... and the wondeful Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara... it was an amazing experience... i enjoyed your documentary tremendously, because it helped me go over all the information i learned during my hitites trip, thank you!

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Looking at the timestamps in the description I'd guess 2:45 hour

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I'm very excited to learn more about who the Hittites were. I know they collapsed with the bronze age collapse but I don't often hear much about who they were as a civilization and a culture. Thanks, Pete, for your passion, hard work, and silky smooth voiceovers. ❤

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Forgotten civilizations like this, make me often wonder about the millions of people who lived, loved, and died just like we do that no one remembers. I often think of just an ordinary person , hittite or Indus valley people ,worrying about everyday things, that we'll never know and is forever forgotten.... Tragic and beautiful in a way.... Anyways, great doc as per usual! 😊

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[@mindhistorydocumentary]

Fun fact : The Hittites signed the first known peace treaty with Egypt after the Battle of Kadesh, a key event often highlighted in ancient history documentaries.

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A wonderful doc about a rarely discussed subject. Thank you. Just in case you hadn’t already spotted, your text around the 4 min mark reads, ‘Ottoman Empire 1299-1992’.

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I’m so stoked and excited to watch this! Thank you so much for your hard work

[@Dragonette666]

Here's my theory on the Hittites and the Trojan War. The Greeks hated the Hittites so much that they wrote them out of it. They would call the Hittites effeminate due to the fact that the Hittites shaved their faces and had long hair. The Amazons are really the Hittites , and they were changed into "an army of women" as a mockery. The names Penthesilea and Hippolyta seem to be similar to Hittite names.

[@kirkbarnett1231]

I'm pretty sure the Trojan war section is the only part of this that's outdated....I think it's fairly agreed upon the Trojan war would have been later, around 12th century bc.... But who knows, (they) have been wrong before 😊

[@kirkbarnett1231]

I'm pretty sure the Trojan war section is the only part of this that's outdated....I think it's fairly agreed upon the Trojan war would have been later, around 12th century bc.... But who knows, (they) have been wrong before 😊

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Heck yes, thank you for making this!! Fascinated by the Hittites, Indo European language that used cuneiform as their writing system.

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New History Time documentary! Let's goooo!!!!

[@hittitecharioteer]

Very enjoyable. I am lucky to have visited Hattusha several times, befriending the Aşık family who are hoteliers there - even being invited to Deniz and Nılgün's wedding there about a decade ago. Wonderful people. I've also travelled widely in Turkey to visit a great many Hittite settlements, sanctuaries and rock carvings. Similarly the Mycenaen centres of historical note in Greece; and Egypt and Crete too. My fascination with the pre-history (Bronze Age) of the Eastern Med and the Near East is unlimited. I am unforgiving of USA for many things; but especially for failing to prevent the looting of Baghdad's archaeological museum in the last "gulf war".

[@Morning-doom]

Broke out in tears when I watched that on tv.😎

[@DexterTroyan-b4y]

Why not blame the looters!?

[@hittitecharioteer]

@@DexterTroyan-b4y …rather than the country that fabricated evidence and went to war on a lie? The country that destroyed millions of lives, and millions of jobs and incomes? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense 🤔

[@anniealexander9911]

The footage is gorgeous. Fantastic video, as usual!

[@SitrukSoS]

If you played Age of Empires, the Hittites nay be lost ⚔️ ❤

[@kirkbarnett1231]

That was my introduction to them, I still play the updated AOE III.... As Indians of course because elephants are clearly the superior war animal....

[@kirkbarnett1231]

That was my introduction to them, I still play the updated AOE III.... As Indians of course because elephants are clearly the superior war animal....

[@AndrewBlucher]

23:23 Through impenetrable mountain passes? Do you know what impenetrable means?

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Hittites are so overlooked. One of my favorite Indo-European Civilisations of the Bronze Age.

[@عليياسر-ك9ظ]

You mean the Semites? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnSmith-kp7yr]

@@عليياسر-ك9ظThey are Indo European. This is academically accepted.

[@johntitor_ibm5100]

This ice pick killed Trotsky and loves the Hittites? Is it possible for a single ice pick to contain so much culture?

[@عليياسر-ك9ظ]

@JohnSmith-kp7yr Lol how the Indo-Europeans were in Central Asia at that time

[@islammehmeov2334]

​@@عليياسر-ك9ظLike that the HITTITES were not SEMITIC but INDO-EUROPEANS 😜

[@edgarsnake2857]

The Hittites! Your narration of this amazing history does this epic tale justice. Thanks.

[@Studio54.4]

Ain’t no party like a Hittite party!

[@Spartan2444]

God I love History Time! The quality of these videos just keeps getting better and better! Fire work man keep it up!!🔥🔥

[@chcomes]

First time I made a purchase based on in-video promotion (the books, not the sponsor)

[@GordonDohertyAuthor]

🎉 cheers! Hope you enjoy the read as much as the stonking video!

[@benimtelefoncaliyor1dk]

Indo-European speakers must have entered Anatolia some time in the third millennium BC and spread over the entire peninsula. Hittites and Luwians settled on the Anatolian plateau in the center, and in the mid seventeenth century the Hittites established their capital Hattuša (Turkish Boğazköy, nowadays Boğazkale) some 150 km east of Ankara. Between 1650 and 1200 BC the Hittites were one of the major powers of the Ancient Near East, alongside the Assyrians, Babylonians, Hurrians, and Egyptians. They also established contacts with the Mycenaean Greeks to the west. Within Anatolia, Hittites and Luwians partly expelled, partly assimilated with the local inhabitants of the time, the Hattians. These Hattians spoke a non-Indo-European language, of which specimens have been preserved in the Hittite texts, introduced by the term Hattili "in Hattian." The Hittites named their own language after the city of Neša (also known as Kaneš, modern Kültepe), taken in the eighteenth century BC by the father of Anitta, the man who can be considered the founder of the Hittite royal dynasty. Hittite passages are thus sometimes referred to as Nešili "in the language of Neša, in Nesite." Early Hittite scholarship tried to introduce the term "Nesite," but the earlier association with the Biblical Hittites proved too strong, and "Nesite" never caught on. On the other hand, the Hittites did call themselves "men of Hatti," borrowing the name of the indigenous Hattians, so our designation is not a complete misnomer.

[@عليياسر-ك9ظ]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 They were Semites, smart one, because the Indo-Europeans were in Central Asia at that time. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beckysam3913]

​@@عليياسر-ك9ظthere were no europeans in central asia, the "indo european" in stoneage and bronzeage were scattered around between the indus valley in west india, to mainland europe , scandinavia even up to ireland. The indo-european are language, dna, culture form an own cluster/group with commonalities, that contains anatolian culture and language, semitic, celtic culture, germanic language group. Semites are just one of many indo-europeans who gave inspiration to Gilgamesh epos and inventing first male gods, like baal, yahwe, with their wives, like ashtera, inspired by anatolian kybele/kubaba cults. Anatolian are not semitic, watch international reasearch group results led by johannes krause. The europeans are anatolian and also yamnaya in their dna roots. The much older stoneage europeans died out and europe was populated by Yamnaya (today Ukraine ) and Anatolians that still live in Anatolia, its all prooved by dna.

[@JohnSmith-kp7yr]

@@عليياسر-ك9ظThe Indo Europeans expanded into Anatolia and westward into Europe from their place on the Pontic steppe. Even if the Hittites weren’t Indo European, they certainly aren’t Semitic. You look like a rabid buffoon in these replies. Genome analysis of ancient Anatolian DNA confirms all of this.

[@JohnSmith-kp7yr]

@@beckysam3913Semites are not Indo European mate

[@alexcallender]

@@عليياسر-ك9ظ No, they were not Semitic lmao. That’s just blatant revisionist history.

[@dianegould7145]

The Ottoman Empire was officially dissolved in 1922, not 1992, after their defeat in World War I. (3:56)

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

Not many good documentaries on the Hittites. This one is the best I’ve seen. Knew the big picture of Kadesh but didn’t know the fighting was as savage as stated in the video. Excellent video as always Pete. This and the Fall of Civilization yt channel are the best 2 channels when it comes to long form history content. The fact you don’t have more subscribers is a shame. Also in regards to Troy and Hatusalli maybe the king of the city supported his nephew originally so once he won he felt compelled to send reinforcements but not a substantial force as why would he send a large army to someone who didn’t support him or possibly didn’t feel Troy was important enough to send a large contingent as Assyria was a more pressing enemy as opposed to the Mycenaeans who weren’t at war with them but a city state vessel of them.

[@GordonDohertyAuthor]

Just realised I can't reply with a link - whoops! If you Google "Gordon Doherty Battle of Kadesh" you'll find my 3 part article investigating the conflict (heightening political tensions, the march to war and the clash itself!)

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

@@GordonDohertyAuthor thanks I will check that out. Also will be checking out your Empires of Bronze series sounds pretty interesting and the first book is in my audible library.