hittites

Hittite King Mursili I invaded Yamhad in Northern Syria to avenge his grandfather Hattusili I's defeat and defeat it's hands. He captured it's capital Aleppo ending it. Next he invaded Mesopotamia and marched on Babylon sacking it which ended the Old Babylonian Empire of Hammurabi's dynasty. But...

This is my first attempt at a timeline. I love ancient Egyptian history and am forever fascinated by the idea of how things might have gone. Let me know what you think! Chapter 1: The Unsteady Crown April, 1186 BCE (Gregorian Calendar) The crowns still feeling heavy and unsteady on his head...

Hittites survive the bronze age collapse by defeating the sea peoples and subduing the kaskas. Hittites create a near monopoly on iron. They conquer Egypt, Mesopotamia, Caucasus, Levant and Grecce emerging as the strongest power in world

Plausibility check : How much can Ancient Egypt expand and settle in Mediterranean and Africa without touching Mesopotamia from Narmer until Hyksos with continuous wars of expansion, full political and religious support and without dynastic change or wars of succession ? direction of expansion

Weave Hangings for Asherah: An Iron Age Timeline A depiction of an Asherah pole, the Tree of Life CHAPTER ONE: I'M THE KING It was late into the third year of Lord Ba'l-mazzer’s reign over the land of Pūt [1] when a group of messengers arrived, reporting news from the south. Elisha, a...

While not that much is known about the relations between the Hittites and Myceneans, or Ahhiyawa, as the Hittites called them, how plausible is it that the Hittites establish a presence in Greece? The Hittites themselves, took an increased interest in maritime matters, after wars with the...

Marriages between Egyptian and Hittite rulers had always been quite common, although often it was the Hittite king sending his daughters to the Egyptian court. However, Egypt was in somewhat of a unique situation following the death of Tutankhamun. Ankhesenamun, formerly the Great Royal Wife of...

Ramesses II was one of the longest-reigning and most successful pharaohs of the New Kingdom, although accused of exaggerating much of his achievements, he managed to bring Egyptian power to it's peak, defeating the Hittites and Canaanite princes in several campaigns, and inaugurating several...

The Bronze Age collapse, was among the most devastating events in history in this time period. While some cultures and civilizations disappeared entirely, others were severely damaged, and general urbanization decreased rapidly. One of the civilizations that fell underneath the cascade of...

The Late Bronze Age collapse was a truly pivotal event in world history. Many cultures and polities were swept away by the events and consigned to the sands of time. Not even Egypt, which had proven very resilient and withstood numerous other challenges over its millennia of existence, could...

What if it had been the Hittites, rather than the Assyrians, who conquered Mitanni? How would it affect things?

After Tutankhamun died without an heir, his widow Ankhesenamun wrote a letter to the Hittite king Šuppiluliuma I asking him to send one of his sons to marry her. Šuppiluliuma sent Zannanza, who died before he could marry her. What if he'd survived and married King Tut's widow?

We don't know what the exact outcome of the Battle of Kadesh was. Some say it was an Egyptian tactical victory, others say it was basically a draw, and still others say it was an outright Hittite victory. What we do know is that it wasn't an unqualified Egyptian victory, since the Egyptians...

Rameses II is popularly considered one of the greatest and most famous pharaohs. While he has often been accused of exaggerating his achievements, he nevertheless had a successful reign. His legacy can be seen in his ambitious building projects, and even today he's regarded as an Egyptian...

Some could call this an ASB scenario, but i don't know if it qualifies as one. What if the mysterious ancient sea peoples had never existed, or chose to stay in their equally mysterious turf instead of invading the eastern mediterranean like OTL? So, what are the effects of an avoided or...

With no PoDs prior to the reign of Amenhotep III*, and preferably not before the Assyrian King Ashur-ubailit,** how can the Assyrian rebellion against Mitanni domination, and subsequent domination and conquest of the Mitanni, be prevented? Given this PoD, let's say the Hurrian Empire continues...

So @NikoZnate did this amazing TL sometime back about Atenism not only thriving in Egypt, but managing to gain a slight following among the other Bronze Age Civilizations (sponsored by the Pharohs). While Niko does a great job exploring the plausibility and short to medium term prospects for...

What I mean by the title is what if Egypt remained fragmented and cannibalized by its neighbors to the point it where a Pharaoh can never rise again. I suppose this would me more a political death as I'm certain the culture would survive in some hybridized form. On the other hand what if the...