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IMAGES:

The Ancient Near East, c. 1700 BCE https://member.worldhistory.org/image/15146/the-ancient-near-east-c-1700-bce/ Simeon Netchev CC BY NC SA 4.0

File:Entire Tanakh scroll set.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entire_Tanakh_scroll_set.png Pete unseth - own work CC0

Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544695?ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=Amarna+letter&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

The Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14813/the-ancient-near-east-c-1300-bce/ Simeon Netchev CC BY NC SA 4.0

The Ancient Near East c. 1500-1300 BCE https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14807/the-ancient-near-east-c-1500-1300-bce/ Simeon Netchev CC BY NC SA 4.0

The Lion Gate flanked by two towers, located at the southwest of the city, the lions were put at the entrance of the city to ward off evil, Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/25727161473/ Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

The ruins of the Royal Castle, the residence of the Kings built during the 13th century BC, it forms the highest point of the old city of Hattusa with splendid views over the city and the valley to the north, Hattusa https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/26090010661/in/album-72157666544629996/ Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Residential quarters from the period of the Assyrian Trade Colonies (19-18th centuries BC) including ruins of houses and offices of Assyrian merchants, Hattusa, Boğazkale, Turkey https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/26090047601/in/album-72157666544629996/ Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:Dolch Anitta 02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolch_Anitta_02.jpg Ingeborg Simon - own work CC BY SA 3.0

Appliqué, perhaps for a pommel https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327105?sortBy=Date&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=hittites&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=42 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Winged deity https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327438?sortBy=Date&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=hittites&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=43 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

The King's Gate situated at the southeast of the city fortifications with a sculpture of a warrior in high relief measuring 2.25m in height, Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age, Boğazkale, Turkey https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/26130345916/in/album-72157666544629996/ Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

The Hittite version of the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty (Treaty of Kadesh), discovered at Boğazköy (Turkey), 1258 BC, Istanbul Archeology Museum https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/30160512382/in/photolist-MXbvyb-FGi9GJ-FssJuT-GeuDxy-G57wC3-LieDnm-GnJoZx-GgTB9M-FXxiKW-LdjK7J-FstocB-FXxhcq-GkrPtu-Lep6b6-Gks6r1-GezCRJ-GgTDdr-GezhSf-GkruTJ-Gezno9-KUSXtQ-FshNbm-GnJP32-FshLdJ-FshfEf-G7sMSe-FshFkN-GkrChw-FssMZi-Fstg7K-FssTdz-GgTMFZ-GgTJw2-GezJuC-GgU2t8-Gezrd3-FXCqFu-GeuBMQ-Gdj6QV-FXCxK9-GgTWCr-FbYQmE-G59R3S-GnDtPx-GkrT2w-GgTBMR-FNcGUA-GgU61t-2i5Mt8k-Fm65iw Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Stamp seal with a handle and a hieroglyphic inscription https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326717?ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=hittites&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=10 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Sistrum (rattle) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324440?sortBy=Date&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=hittites&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=5 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Mediterranean Trade in the Late Bronze Age c. 1400-1200 BCE https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14880/mediterranean-trade-in-the-late-bronze-age-c-1400/ Simeon Netchev CC BY NC SA 4.0

File:Suppiluliuma I' deeds, 14th century BC, from Hattusa, Istanbul Archaeological Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Suppiluliuma_I%27_deeds,_14th_century_BC,_from_Hattusa,_Istanbul_Archaeological_Museum.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Berlín, Nuevo Museo 12 (cropped).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berl%C3%ADn,Nuevo_Museo_12(cropped).jpg LBM1948 - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg Roland Unger - own work CC BY SA 3.0 / GNU Free Documentation License

File:Anuk.PNG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anuk.PNG Tiger cub - own work Public Domain US

File:StatueOfHoremhebAndTheGodHorus-DetailOfHoremheb01 KunsthistorischesMuseum Nov13-10.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StatueOfHoremhebAndTheGodHorus-DetailOfHoremheb01_KunsthistorischesMuseum_Nov13-10.jpg Captmondo - own work (photo) CC BY SA 3.0

The Sphinx Gate standing above the Yerkapi Rampart, Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age, Boğazkale, Turkey https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/26474321646/in/album-72157666544629996/ Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Relief orthostat (stone slab at base of wall) of a Hittite war chariot, a naked enemy with an arrow in his hip is lying face down under the horse's feet, from Carchemish (Turkey), Basalt; Late Hittite period, 9-7th cent BC, Museum of Anatolian Civilizatio https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/30197644001/in/photolist-N1sPuv-FSmzYj-GnDxvv-ESCVkA-2i5Mge4-FHc2Uy-Fc9ixz-2i5J7QU-GhrZsV-Fi3V88-FYwivf-G7FYWM-G8nQqA-2i5MskU-2i5HMMy-JMFgt4-2i5Je4W-FP3Rts-2i5MM5H-MXbv6h-2i5Ja72-HZ8ZbP-2i5HUyE-Geujrh-2i5MyG6-2i5NoWY-FceAx7-GezcGW-FYeYYh-ESDCbo-GnJobt-FXwX83-2i5Mwg9-GnDpyD-2i5MBMe-2i5HToP-2i5LFDJ-2i5J8PT-2i5MuoS-GeuNz1-2i5LqZD-2i5JfNT-2i5MtLe-2i5MvEe-2i5Mx5i-2i5MqYk-2i5Lnuc-G7pGKk-2i5HTUD-FGi4LG Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Fraktin Hittite rock relief, mid-13th century BC, district of Kayseri, Turkey https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/26326794345/in/photolist-G7pGKk-2i5HTUD-FGi4LG-FsccJq-GeuhxC-FbXDnY-G57DPh-FsnKWk-GgNLn6-KAXk4K-FYf1Wf-FcazE2-FYwpqG-FsnW4K-GnDJxa-GgU1SZ-Fg78Tf-Geuv8C-FghUkF-GnDvXR-GTREpU-MXbvyb-FGi9GJ-FssJuT-GeuDxy-G57wC3-LieDnm-GnJoZx-GgTB9M-FXxiKW-LdjK7J-FstocB-FXxhcq-GkrPtu-Lep6b6-Gks6r1-GezCRJ-GgTDdr-GezhSf-GkruTJ-Gezno9-KUSXtQ-FshNbm-GnJP32-FshLdJ-FshfEf-G7sMSe-FshFkN-GkrChw-FssMZi Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

East wall of Chamber B depicting in a niche the God Sharruma (son of the Thunder God Teshub) embracing King Tudhaliya IV, Yazılıkaya, the Hittite sanctuary of Hattusa, Turkey https://flickr.com/photos/41523983@N08/26499242275 Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:Ḫattuša Südburg Hieroglyphenkammer 06.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ḫattuša_Südburg_Hieroglyphenkammer_06.jpg Ingeborg Simon - own work CC BY SA 3.0

The Late Bronze Age Collapse c. 1200 - 1150 BCE https://member.worldhistory.org/image/15310/the-late-bronze-age-collapse-c-1200---1150-bce/ Simeon Netchev CC BY NC SA 4.0

The Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 921 - 627 BCE) https://member.worldhistory.org/image/15148/the-neo-assyrian-empire-c-921---627-bce/ Simeon Netchev CC BY NC SA 4.0

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