12. Why are the Hittites one of the most significant peoples in Mesopotamian history?

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The Hittite empire was very big, and their main occupation was trade. They were the ones who sent Mesopotamian thoughts, laws, political and economic structures, and ideas throughout the Mediterranean and from Egypt to Greece.

“So the Hittites are the great traders in the culture built by the Sumerians and adopted and modified by later peoples. Because of the Hittites, when the Hebrews migrated to Canaan under Moses they found a people, the Canaanites, who were, culturally speaking, Mesopotamian.” (Mesopotamia Computer Exercise)

This map shows where the Hittites lived.

Noel Madland