Hittite

Historical Overview Section

The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around the C18 BC. The Hittite empire reached its height around C14 BC, encompassing a large part of Anatolia, north-western Syria about as far south as the mouth of the Litani River (a territory known as Amqu), and eastward into upper Mesopotamia

The Hittite kingdom is conventionally divided into three periods, the Old Hittite Kingdom (ca. 1750-1500 BC), the Middle Hittite Kingdom (ca. 1500-1430 BC) and the New Hittite Kingdom (the Hittite Empire proper, ca. 1430-1180 BC).

The Old Kingdom, centered at Hattusa, peaked during the 16th century BC. The kingdom even managed to sack the Babylonians at one point, but made no attempt to govern there. During the 15th century BC, Hittite power fell into obscurity, re-emerging with the reign of Tudhaliya I from ca. 1400 BC. Under Suppiluliuma I and Mursili II, the Empire was extended to most of Anatolia and Syro-Canaanite lands so that by 1300 BC the Hittites were bordering on the New Kingdom Egyptian sphere of influence, leading to the inconclusive Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC.

Civil war and rivalling claims to the throne, combined with the external threat of the Sea Peoples weakened the Hittites and by 1160 BC, the Empire had collapsed. "Neo-Hittite" post-Empire states like Early Assyrians and contempories with the Neo-hittite successor states in Syria and other petty kingdoms under Assyrian Empire and Sargonid rule may have lingered on until ca. 700 BC.

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Army Lists

Sample army lists for this army
Roll Call 2024
Strategist
3 Hittite Guard Chariots Heavy Chariot Impact Elite
1 Syro-Canannite Chariot Light Chariot Armour Bow ------
1 Hittite Warriors Medium Spearmen ------
1 Guardsmen Medium Spearmen Elite
1 Archers Bowmen Mediocre
1 Syro-Canaanite & Bedouin Light Infantry Javelin ----
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Competent Unreliable
1 Hittite Guard Chariots Heavy Chariot Impact Elite
2 Ugarit Chariots Heavy Chariot impetuous ------
2 Hittite Warriors Medium Spearmen ------
1 Slingers Light Infantry Sling ----
1 Bowmen Bowmen Mediocre
1 Levy Levy ------
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Competent
1 Scout Light Cavalry Bow Mediocre
3 Gasgans Medium Swordsmen Impetuous ------
1 Hittite Warriors Medium Swordsmen ------
1 Syro-Canannite Chariot Light Chariot Armour Javelin ------
1 Syro-Canannite Chariot Light Chariot Armour Bow ----
1 Syro-Canaanite & Bedouin Light Infantry Javelin ----

This list is essentially an HCh delivery system, with support from the Light Chariots (ie HCv with wheels). The Gasgans are as good as anything else they are likely to come across in terrain in a Biblical period so will at worst fight their opponents to a standstill while the Chariots get into contact. The Mediocre Bow sit between the 2 Spearmen in each command and can act as flank guards for the Chariots, doing a bit of long range shooting too in the meantime. Medium Spear are decent enough in a Boblical period at standing up to most things, and the Armoured LCh can often charge from range into eney MF and neutralise them when it looks like the spearmen are out or charge range. You do need to be prepared to commit the troops at evens or sometimes worse odds though to pin an enemy in place so the Chariot strike force has time to arrive. There is no real logic behind not having the Strategist with at one of the groups of Impetuous troops, but in all honesty the Ugarit Chariots go down the middle and want to charge anything anyway, and the MF Gasgans will often find they are not Impetuous due to the presence of enemy mounted.

Alicante 2024
4 HCh Impact Elite Ordinary General
3 LF Javelin
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4 LCh Bow
1 LH Bow Mediocre
Brilliant
1 LF Bow
2 Med Spoear
1 Mediocre Bow
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2 LCh Javelin
1 LF Bow
4 Impetuous MF
2 MF Sword
1 Mediocre Bow
Brilliant General

20 Hittite (v4 list Devonian Classic)
Brilliant
4 Hittite warriors Medium swordsmen ------
3 Gasgans Medium swordsmen impetuous ------
1 Hittite Chariots Heavy chariot impact ------
1 Syro-Canaanites and Bedouin Javelinmen Mediocre
1 Syro-Canaanites and Bedouin Light infantry javelin ----
1 Archers Light infantry bow ----
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Strategist
3 Hittite chariots Heavy chariot impact Elite
2 Ugaritic Chariots Heavy chariot impetuous ------
1 Syro-Canaanite chariots Light chariot bow ------
2 Archers Light infantry bow ----
1 Syro-Canaanites and Bedouins Light infantry javelin ----
1 Syro-Canaanites and Bedouins Javelinmen Mediocre
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Ordinary Included Unreliable
1 Hittite chariots * (included general) Heavy chariot impact Elite
2 Hittite chariots Heavy chariot impact ------
1 Syro-Canaanites and Bedouins Light infantry javelin ------

Used by Iniaki at the BHGS teams @ LGT 2021
Strategist
4 Hittite warriors Medium swordsmen
4 Gasgans Medium swordsmen impetuous
2 Syro-Canaanites and Bedouin Light infantry javelin
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Ordinary Included
1 Hittite chariots * (included general) Heavy chariot impact Eite
2 Hittite chariots Heavy chariot impact
1 Syro-Canaanite chariots Light chariot bow
1 Syro-Canaanite chariots Light chariot armour bow
2 Slingers Light infantry sling
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Ordinary Included
3 Hittite chariots * (included general) Heavy chariot impact Elite
2 Hittite chariots Heavy chariot impact ------
4 Light infantry bowmen Light infantry bow ------

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