Hittites

Anatolian ethnic group who built kingdoms at Kussara & Hattusa (c. 2000-700 BCE)
Intangible historical_ethnic_group Q5406
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Hittites

Summary

Hittites is a historical ethnic group[1]. Hittites has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Hittites's religion is recorded as Hittite religion[3].
  • Hittites's religion is recorded as Hittite mythology[4].
  • Hittites is in the country of Hatti[5].
  • Hittites is in the country of Kussara[6].
  • Hittites's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group[7].
  • Hittites is a type of Anatolians[8].
  • Hittites's Commons category is recorded as Hittites[9].
  • 1500 marks the founding of Hittites[10].
  • Hittites began on 1700 BC[11].
  • Hittites ended on 1200 BC[12].
  • Hittites's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hittites[13].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Hittites's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Hittites's different from is recorded as Hattians[21].
  • Hittites's different from is recorded as Biblical Hittites[22].
  • Hittites's different from is recorded as Hatti[23].
  • Hittites's studied by is recorded as Hittitology[24].
  • Hittites's language used is recorded as Hittite[25].
  • Hittites's language used is recorded as Luwian[26].
  • Hittites's language used is recorded as Palaic[27].

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Definition and Type

Hittites's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group[7]. Hittites is a type of Anatolians[8].

Origins

1500 marks the founding of Hittites[10].

Influence

Things named for Hittites include Hitit University[28], a public university[29], in Turkey[30], founded in 2006[31], headquartered in Çorum Province[32]; Hittite[33], a dead language[34], in Hatti[35]; Hittite laws[36], a statute[37], in Hatti[38]; and Etiler[39], a mahalle[40], in Turkey[41].

Why It Matters

Hittites has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Hittites is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Hittites include Hitit University[28], a public university[29], in Turkey[30], founded in 2006[31], headquartered in Çorum Province[32]; Hittite[33], a dead language[34], in Hatti[35]; Hittite laws[36], a statute[37], in Hatti[38]; and Etiler[39], a mahalle[40], in Turkey[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 3137
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 3137, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285364|Hittites (#107285364)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionar"
  2. 10d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id hetitai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: hetitai"
  3. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag hittites
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: hittites, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937809|hittites (#289937809)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  4. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0230977-Chetite
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0230977-Chetite, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    End time -1200-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception
    Studied by Hittitology
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11276, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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