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== Origin of the Hittites ==

== Origin of the Hittites ==

The Hittites (at one time called Hattians) were descendants of Canaan's second son Heth (Genesis 10:15, I Chronicles 1:13, Canaan being a grandson of the Biblical Noah through his son Ham.  It is believed that the family grew into a tribe in the Balkans, migrating to Anatolia about 2500 B.C., and establishing themselves along the Halys River in what is now Central Turkey.  They then spread west and south in the peninsula before the time of Abraham (about 2,000 B.C.).<ref>Merrill C. Tenney, The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, (Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1963,1967), p. 356</ref>  After 2200 B.C. they were overrun by an Indo-European speaking people from the north, who became the ruling class, and the two cultures intermingled.<ref>Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 13, Hittites (Danbury: Connecticut:Americana Corporation, 1978), p. 250</ref>

The Hittites (at one time called Hattians) were descendants of Canaan's second son Heth (Genesis 10:15 and I Chronicles 1:13) Canaan being a grandson of the Biblical Noah through his son Ham.  It is believed that the family grew into a tribe in the Balkans, migrating to Anatolia about 2500 B.C., and establishing themselves along the Halys River in what is now Central Turkey.  They then spread west and south in the peninsula before the time of Abraham (about 2,000 B.C.).<ref>Merrill C. Tenney, The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, (Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1963,1967), p. 356</ref>  After 2200 B.C. they were overrun by an Indo-European speaking people from the north, who became the ruling class, and the two cultures intermingled.<ref>Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 13, Hittites (Danbury: Connecticut:Americana Corporation, 1978), p. 250</ref>

The Battle Of Kadesh was a result from growing tension between the superpowers of the ancient near east, Egypt, Hatti and Assyria, these nations were competing over the smaller states.

The Battle Of Kadesh was a result from growing tension between the superpowers of the ancient near east, Egypt, Hatti and Assyria, these nations were competing over the smaller states.

One of these small states was Amurru, located in present day Syria, after it had been under Hittite influence during the 14th century B.C. it defected to Egypt in 1299 B.C.

One of these small states was Amurru, located in present-day Syria, after it had been under Hittite influence during the 14th century B.C. it defected to Egypt in 1299 B.C.

When the Hittites threatened to restore their power through means of violence, Amurru pleaded with [[Pharaoh]] [[Rameses II]] for help in 1274 and got it in the form of two Egyptian divisions, one of which, lead by Rameses II himself was ambushed near the village of Kadesh by a numerically superior Hittite chariot force, but the other division arrived just in time to prevent an Egyptian defeat.

When the Hittites threatened to restore their power through means of violence, Amurru pleaded with [[Pharaoh]] [[Rameses II]] for help in 1274 and got it in the form of two Egyptian divisions, one of which, lead by Rameses II himself was ambushed near the village of Kadesh by a numerically superior Hittite chariot force, but the other division arrived just in time to prevent an Egyptian defeat.