To: Cronos
You are a scholar on the Hittites! Here is the National Geographic article on them>>> https://archive.ph/9A0Bq#selection-6543.109-6543.126 They placed their capital far away from invaders, with rough terrain for invaders too.
Lucky me, I have the actual magazine
28 posted on
08/21/2026 4:05:11 PM PDT by
dennisw
("If they make something really good, they will inevitably stop making it." - Robert Quine)
To: dennisw
Far from a scholar, but I just like the connection to the wider indo European peoples
31 posted on
08/21/2026 5:06:08 PM PDT by
Cronos
(Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.)
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