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| | Hittite cites, Turkey - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
 | | They invaded the region, which became known as Hatti, about 1900 BC and imposed their language, culture, and rule on the earlier inhabitants, a people speaking a non-Indo-European agglutinative language. |
 | | Nothing more is known of Hittite history until, in the 17th century BC, the so-called Old Hittite Kingdom was founded by the Hittite leader Labarna (reigned about 1680-1650 BC), or Tabarna, and Hattusas became its capital. |
 | | Mursili I (reigned about 1620-1590 BC), the second ruler after Labarna, conquered what is now Aleppo, Syria, and raided Babylon about 1595 BC. |
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