In this "Highlights of Hittite History" video, we take a look at Anitta and the rise and fall of his short-lived empire, the first of its kind that we know of in ancient Anatolia. Anitta essentially set the ball in motion for future Hittite kings to expand outside of Anatolia and into the wealthy states of the ancient Near East.

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