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Around 1200 BCE, during the general collapse of the Bronze Age, the Hittite Empire disintegrated. The great capital of Hattusa was abandoned and burned. Historians debate the cause—a mix of internal strife, economic failure, and the invasion of the mysterious "Sea Peoples."

Centered in the rugged highlands of (modern-day Turkey), the Hittite Empire was the dominant power of the Late Bronze Age. Though their capital, Hattusa, eventually fell into ruin and their memory was lost to history for three millennia, their rediscovery in the 19th and 20th centuries revealed a civilization of sophistication, military might, and surprising diplomacy. pk hitti