Hattusili inherited the throne of Kussara, then rapidly defeated his competitors in central Anatolia. Among his conquests was Hattush, which he renamed Hattusha and made his capital. He possibly changed his name to coincide with the name of the city. Hattusha remained the Hittites’ political and religious center until the state collapsed. However, it was [...]

Arrival of Hittites < 2000 BC Hittites drifted into central Anatolia from the Caucasus during the second half of the 3rd millenium BC. They retained the name Hatti from their land but called their Indo-European language Neshian/Nesili, meaning language of Nesa. Nesili became the official written language of the Hittite state, even if it was [...]