Egypt, Assyria, Babylon - all these ancient empires used to dominate their region in the Bronze Age and thus engraved their names in history forever. But there was another power in this gentlemen’s club of major empires, but whose civilisation disappeared and whose language and even memory of its existence lost for millennia, only to be rediscovered in the 20th century. The mighty Hittite empire was a major power rivalling Egypt in status, but somehow the majority of people still don’t know about it. But if you time traveled to the 14th century, believe me, people did know about this ancient Anatolian empire. Support the channel here: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Official info 01:21 History 08:07 Writing and pronunciation 13:22 Language structure #anatolia #indoeuropean #ancientcivilizations