Hittites
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Summary
Hittites is a historical ethnic group[1]. Hittites ranks in the top 2% of historical ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,895 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Hittite religion[3], Hittite mythology[4]
- Country: Hatti[5], Kussara[6]
- Subclass of: Anatolians[7]
- Commons category: Hittites[8]
- Inception: 1500[9]
- Start time: 1700 BC[10]
- End time: 1200 BC[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hittites[12]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19]
- Different from: Hattians[20], Biblical Hittites[21], Hatti[22]
- Studied by: Hittitology[23]
- Language used: Hittite[24], Luwian[25], Palaic[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
- Has works in the collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations[28]
- P14541: 3ocGZ9[29]
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Influence
Things named for Hittites include Hittite[30], a dead language[31], in Hatti[32]; Hittite laws[33], a statute[34], in Hatti[35]; Etiler[36], a mahalle[37], in Turkey[38]; and Hitit University[39], a public university[40], in Turkey[41], founded in 2006[42], headquartered in Çorum Province[43].
Why It Matters
Hittites has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Hittites is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for Hittites include Hittite[30], a dead language[31], in Hatti[32]; Hittite laws[33], a statute[34], in Hatti[35]; Etiler[36], a mahalle[37], in Turkey[38]; and Hitit University[39], a public university[40], in Turkey[41], founded in 2006[42], headquartered in Çorum Province[43].