Hittites

The Start of Hittites In today’s modern Turkey an area called Anatolia began with the Old Assyrian Colony age. The Old Assyrian Colony existed around 1925 to 1650 B.C. and did a lot of commercial activity. Around 1600 B.C., the formation of Hittite state began and the Old Hittite Kingdom rose with Labarna I as the first king. Labarna I established his kingdom in Hattusa, the capital of Hittite. Lbarna I son, Labarna II, took over the kingdom after his father. When Labarna II was king of Hittite he changed his name to Hattusili I and had Mursili I help him extend the empire. Mursili I was able to take the Hittite army to Mesopotamia and take over Babylon around 1530 B.C.. Babylon was the farthest that the Hittite army went into Mesopotamia …show more content…
The art pieces that have been discovered have been in the form of ritual vessels, seals, reliefs, ivories, and sculptures. Ritual vessels were in the form of drinking vessels that had realistic displays on them. Some of the realistic displays include animals such as a lion or antelope and humans. Seals are like a coin with a stamped display in them. Some display a weather god or a larger raptor hovering over or holding an animal. Reliefs are a form of art that display an image in a wall. A relief that has been found from Hittites is of a battle scene with a god on a chariot over top. Ivories are small figurines of humans. A famous ivory figure that was discovered in the ancient city of Kanes is of a nude girl, cupping her breast and half standing and sitting. Sculptures that have been found in Hittites, such as the Sculpture of Alaca Hoyuk, is a large sculpture that stood at the gateway of a sacred area. This sculpture had relief carving in its legs. The art that has been discovered throughout Hittites times can be seen to develop on each other such as the sculpture having the form of relief carvings in its legs and ritual vessels that have been developed into ivory figurines (Canby,