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Events relating to the hittites
The Hittites build an empire based on their stronghold at Hattusa (now Bogazkale) in Anatolia
Babylon is destroyed by the Hittites, invaders from Anatolia, but reestablishes itself in subsequent centuries
The Hittites, in Anatolia, are the first people to work iron - introducing what is later called the Iron Age
An indecisve battle between the Hittites and the Egyptians, at Kadesh, stabilizes the frontier between the two empires