able to excel at war because of the war chariot
The war chariot.
The Hittites were forerunners to the iron age leading to advancement in weapon making. Their use of chariots and other technology led them to excel in war.
Iron weapons
Their 3-man chariots and iron weapons compared to others' brass ones(heavier than iron)
The Hittites went out to war against the Ammorites.
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The Hittites
The earliest war chariots were used by the Hittites in the 17th century BC.
The Hittites were able to conquer other civilizations in the Middle East because they were skilled in chariot warfare. They were later conquered by the Assyrians.
the Assyrian, hittites, kassites, chaldean, and babylonian war
Answer 1The Hittites were able to conquer the middle eastern region because they had better weapons (iron to the middle eastern bronze) and because they developed the chariot. Even though the chariot is usually considered to be Roman, Greek, or Egyptian, the chariot originally comes from the Hittites.
It actually fought a war against the Hittites (major idecisive batte of Kadesh 1274 BCE). The result of 20 years of war was a standoff, culminating in a peace treaty, cemented by royal inter-marriage, which lasted for a century.