Those Migrating Indo-Europeans 1 Quiz

Answer: Asia Minor

The Hittites are descended from the the earliest known Indo-European group to migrate into Asia Minor. They established one of the oldest civilizations in the Middle East. Asia Minor is approximately the modern day country of Turkey.

Answer: iron

Asia Minor was really the only area in the Middle East that contained extensive iron ore deposits. The Hittites learned that they could extract metal from iron ore by creating a hot fire and by mixing limestone with the ore. They also learned to make cast iron and wrought iron.

Although they were willing to trade, the Hittites kept the process of iron-making a closely guarded secret. Legend says that it was so valuable that the Hittites once proposed a deal whereby they would trade an equal weight of gold for an equal weight of iron with the Egyptians.

Answer: It was large enough to hold three people.

The Hittites adopted a chariot design that had two wheels. However, they further modified it to hold three men. That way the Hittites had one driver and two fighters, and it gave them a definite advantage in battle. Hittite charioteers were renowned for their skill and discipline.

Answer: Hattusas

The Khatti settled in the Halys River valley approximately 2,000 B.C. They were conquered by the Hittites about 1,900 B.C., and the capital was established on a bend of the river. Most of Anatolia was controlled by or allied to the Hittites within a hundred years.

Answer: False

The Hittites had a kind of 'feudal' society. Nobles held important offices, and controlled large tracks of land. Soldiers, chariots, and weapons were supplied to the king in return for benefits. Nobles also assisted in legal cases. According to Telipinus' rule of succession, if the Hittite king died without an heir, the crown would go to the highest ranking noble.

The noble would then marry the king's daughter.

Answer: Mursilis I

Hittites frequently called their leaders "Great Kings." Mursilis I conquered northern Syria in approximately 1595 B.C., and continued south to capture the city of Babylon.

Answer: Treaty of Kadesh

Although it is not clear who actually won the battle, (both sides claim victory!) - the Treaty of Kadesh was the first nonagression pact in history. The Egyptians and Hittites agreed that they would have no further hostilities, and if one of them was attacked by a third party, the other would give military assistance.

It does appear that the Hittites probably won the battle because they continued to move further south.

Answer: True

The Hittite king, Supppiluliumas, received a letter from Ankhesanamun, Tut's widow, requesting that he send one of his sons to Egypt to marry her and become pharaoh. He was killed shortly after his arrival in Egypt. The implications of this, however, are highly significant! The Hitties were becoming a prominent force in the area.

Answer: True

Remember the story of David and Bathsheeba? She was originally married to Uriah the Hittite. King David sent Uriah to the front lines of battle,in the hope that he would be killed and that he could then marry Uriah's wife. Genesis also mentions that Abraham purchased a burial place for his wife from Ephron the Hittite.

The relationship between the Biblical Hittites and the original group to settle in Asia Minor is uncertain, however. The Hittite empire fell approximately 1,200 B.C., while King David is generally dated around 1,000 B.C.

Answer: Indo-European

Bedrich Hrozny believed that the Hittite language was of Indo-European origin. He found several similar suffixes of nouns and verbs, as well as root words, that were similar to other Indo-European languages. The term Indo-European is not only used to describe people who migrated from India to Europe, but also the family of languages derived from the language of the original migrants.