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== New Hittite Kingdom 1450-1294 ==

== New Hittite Kingdom 1450-1294 ==

In 1450 Tudhaliyas I founded a new dynasty which brought the Hittites to the zenith of their power, followed by a period of decline. <ref>Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 13, Hittites, (Danbury, Connecticut,: Americana Corporation, 1978), p. 250.</ref>The Hittite state has been described as basically a military organization, which fits the Biblical picture of them as a warlike people and explains one of the reasons Israel feared them.<ref>Compton's, p. 180</ref>

In 1450 Tudhaliyas I founded a new dynasty which brought the Hittites to the zenith of their power, followed by a period of decline.<ref>Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 13, Hittites, (Danbury, Connecticut,: Americana Corporation, 1978), p. 250.</ref> The Hittite state has been described as basically a military organization, which fits the Biblical picture of them as a warlike people and explains one of the reasons Israel feared them.<ref>Compton's, p. 180</ref>

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