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Hittite Old Kingdom Campaigns

1650 BCE – 1590 BCE · 60 years

Hattusili I and his grandson Mursili I expanded Hittite power from central Anatolia into Syria, destroying Aleppo and famously sacking Babylon, which ended Hammurabi's dynasty.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Hittite Old Kingdom (Hattusili I, Mursili I)
  • Yamhad (Aleppo)
  • Babylon

Key moments

Defining events in the Hittite Old Kingdom Campaigns.

  1. Destruction of Aleppo
  2. 1595 BC Sack of Babylon

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Mycenae

1600 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

European tribal peoples

Attested 3000 BCE – 1930 CE

Landmark · Europe

Hattusa

1600 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Germanic and Slavic tribes

Attested 3000 BCE – 1200 CE

Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Hittites

Attested 2000 BCE – 700 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Assyria

2024 BCE – 608 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1650 BCE and 1590 BCE.

1600 BCE Mycenae 1600 BCE Hattusa 1595 BCE Kassite Conquest of Babylon

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Gandhara grave culture Polity · South Asia 1599 BCE – 499 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Kassite Conquest of Babylon Conflict · Middle East 1595 BCE – 1155 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE
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