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Hittite cuneiform tablets from Bogazköy
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The only existing collection that provides information about the history of the civilization of the Hittites was unearthed at Bogazköy (ancient site also called Hattusas), located near Ankara, in central Turkey. These tablets also give us information about the history of Asia Minor and the Middle East.
Here's a close-up shot of the cuneiform tablet above:
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Although the Hittites were one of the most powerful ethnic groups in the Middle East during the 2nd millennium B.C., they were completely unknown to scholars and archeologists up until the mid-nineteenth century, except through the Old Testament. These individuals scoffed at the existence of Hittite culture, language and civilization.The first inkling that they might actually have existed came in 1894 when linguist William Wright discovered that the script on a monument at Bogazköy was similar to inscriptions found at Aleppo and Hamath in Northern Syria. (page 335)
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/cuneiform-6-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-worlds-oldest-writing-system/
https://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/HPM/hpm-en.php?p=general-en
The collection contains around 25.000 tablets, including the records of social, political, commercial, military, religious, legislative and artistic aspects of life.
The archive includes tablets of Treaty of Quadesh signed between Hittites and Egypt. This well-known treaty of "eternal peace" guaranteed peace and security throughout the area.
https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/silk-road-themes/documentary-heritage/hittite-cuneiform-tablets-bogazkoy
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