The Hittites may have been among the first to work meteoric iron for use as a precious metal in such things as thrones and ceremonial daggers. There is no evidence that they know how to produce iron cost-effectively enough, and to make it hard enough, to use as weapons of war. Probably the most important Hittite contribution is to modern history. Hittite diplomatic tablets tended to include long preambles about negotiations that had gone before, and about the history of relations between Hatti and other nations.
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Their own language, conquered Egypt, fought Hittites, made iron tools.
The Hittites were an ancient civilization that was located somewhere in what is now known as Turkey. Archaeologists date these ancient peoples to 2000 BC BCE or earlier. They were advanced for their point in time. They are known to be experienced in iron ore and built iron weapons and other instruments of iron.
It is very difficult to ascertain what the Hittites invented and what they merely adopted from others. Like all Late Bronze Age powers, the Hittites used the compound bow and the bow-armed chariot, which was the highest tech weapons system of its day. But it is unclear who first invented these weapons and melded them together into such a formidable force. It was once believed that the Hittites pioneered the use of iron in its weapons, but that was based upon a single translated tablet from the king of Hatti to Adad-nirari, king of Assyria in which the king of Hatti regrets that he cannot provide the king of Assyria the black iron he requested, because it was not the right time of the year. The overwhelming consensus, now, is that the Hittites did smelt meteoric iron, which was a metal so precious at the time that at least one throne was made from it. It is not believed that the Hittites used iron in their weapons. Iron is a very soft metal and much inferior to bronze unless it is carbonized in a fire and immediately quenched. Even had the Hittites known those techniques (and there is no evidence that they did), they would have had to have known smelting techniques to separate iron (other than metoric iron) from its ore in order to make iron production remotely cost effective. Perhaps the one thing the Hittites DID invent is the precursor to modern history. Their diplomatic tablets often included long preambles reciting past events, which was new at the time.
The Hittite military successfully used chariots. The Hittites belonged to the Bronze Age but they were the forerunners of the Iron Age. They manufactured iron artifacts from as early as the 18th century BC.
Some of the technological achievements of the Hittites were iron weapons and superior chariots
Developed process for smelting iron, thus ending the bronze age.
The Hittites are believed to be among the first to create tools using iron around 2000 BCE. They were skilled in iron production and used it to create weapons, tools, and armor which gave them a military advantage.
Yes, the Hittites were one of the earliest Indo-European peoples known to have utilized iron. They are recognized for their advanced iron technology, which gave them a significant military advantage during the Late Bronze Age.
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.
The Hittites were the first of the Indo-European people to use iron.
The Hittites in Anatolia from around 1500 BC are generally accepted as being the earliest people to work iron.
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The Hittites may have been among the first to work meteoric iron for use as a precious metal in such things as thrones and ceremonial daggers. There is no evidence that they know how to produce iron cost-effectively enough, and to make it hard enough, to use as weapons of war. Probably the most important Hittite contribution is to modern history. Hittite diplomatic tablets tended to include long preambles about negotiations that had gone before, and about the history of relations between Hatti and other nations.
they contribute the iron working.