Unit 3: Early River Valley Civilizations Part 2
 Chapter 3 & 4: People and Ideas on the Move/The Age of
Empires
 Section 1: Indo-European Migrations/The Empires of Egypt
and Nubia Collide
Hittites Blend Empire and Technology
1. What area did the Hittites occupy?
(Provide both names)
a. How were they able to
conquer the Egyptians?
a. Around what time period?
b. They occupied what present
day country?
2. What area in Mesopotamia did the
Hittites rule?
a. Who did they fight for control
of this area?
5. What did they use to build their
chariots?
a. How did environmental
features in Anatolia help the
Hittites advance
technologically?
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The Egyptians and the Hittites
1. Around what time period did the
Hittites move to Asia Minor?
3. From which culture and language
did the Hittites adopt?
a. At what battle did the two
meet?
a. Give examples of borrowed
ideas.
b. What was the result?
4. What technology did the Hittites
excel in?