: The Hittites took their name from the "Hattians," an earlier population in central Anatolia whom they eventually displaced or assimilated.
: The mighty capital city, located near modern Boğazkale, was a heavily fortified metropolis featuring massive stone gates, such as the famous Lion Gate . The Kingdom of the Hittites
: They spoke an Indo-European language (Neshite) and used cuneiform script on clay tablets for their official records. Empire at its Zenith : The Hittites took their name from the