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Where is Anatolia on a modern-day map?
Turkey
What was the Hittite capital?
Hattusa
What are the Anatolian languages?
Hittite (scholar's language) and Luvian (the language people spoke)
How was the Hittite language found?
On tablets at the burned site of Hattusa
How was the Hittite language written?
in cuneiform borrowed from the Akkadians
In a Hittite document, you could find...
Sumerian, Akkadian, Sumerian and Akkadian ideograms, and Hittite
How long did the Hittite empire last?
1000 years
Where does our knowledge of the Hittite Law come from?
"The Laws," an old Hittite document
What are the two types of legal penalties in Hittite law? Explain them.
retribution: the offender is punished for misdeeds
compensation: the victim is given something to compensate for the loss incurred
The Hittite law was NOT...
divinely inspired
Which type of legal penalty did the Hittites tend to use more?
compensatory
In Hittite law, what was the punishment for a murderer?
the murder victim's family got to decide whether they wanted compensation or lifetime enslavement for the murderer
collective responsibility in Hittite law
the idea that a family or community is responsible for the actions of its members
and so can suffer punishment on behalf of any member’s actions
What was the power structure of the Hittite society?
feudalistic with a king
How was bestiality punished in Hittite law?
by death
What are two main types of syllabary in Hittite spelling?
V, CV- caused a lot of confusion, because Hittite isn't written this cleanly