// Antiquity
Hittites
- Period
- 1600 BC – 1151 BC
- Duration
- approx. 449 years
- Greatest extent
- around 1300 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 322,000 km²
Period and duration
Hittites — according to the map data from 1600 BC to 1151 BC, roughly 449 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Hittites — greatest extent around 1300 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 322,000 km², roughly 0.2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (1601 BC)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around 1300 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Assyria
- Mycenaean Greece
- Mitanni
Learn more
- Open the world map in 1300 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Hittites on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.