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Legal texts, um,
religious texts, Legal texts, um,
religious texts, political correspondence, texts recording their deeds
and their achievements. The latest evidence for
writing, any Hittite writing, dates to around 1200 BC. After that, the
Hittites fall silent. [narrator] Hattusa was ruined. And the Hittites vanished from history
around that same date of 1200 BC. About that, it seems,
Ramses was right. About that, it seems,
Ramses was right. But could the Sea
People truly be responsible or is there more to this story? Sadly, the Hattusa tablets tell us
nothing about what happened here. But if there was diplomatic correspondence
between other Bronze Age cities... might their letters reveal more?
religious texts, Legal texts, um,
religious texts, political correspondence, texts recording their deeds
and their achievements. The latest evidence for
writing, any Hittite writing, dates to around 1200 BC. After that, the
Hittites fall silent. [narrator] Hattusa was ruined. And the Hittites vanished from history
around that same date of 1200 BC. About that, it seems,
Ramses was right. About that, it seems,
Ramses was right. But could the Sea
People truly be responsible or is there more to this story? Sadly, the Hattusa tablets tell us
nothing about what happened here. But if there was diplomatic correspondence
between other Bronze Age cities... might their letters reveal more?
Full Transcript
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Legal texts, um,
religious texts,
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Legal texts, um,
religious texts,
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political correspondence,
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texts recording their deeds
and their achievements.
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The latest evidence for
writing, any Hittite writing,
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dates to around 1200 BC.
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After that, the
Hittites fall silent.
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[narrator] Hattusa was ruined.
00:00:20.534 --> 00:00:26.167
And the Hittites vanished from history
around that same date of 1200 BC.
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About that, it seems,
Ramses was right.
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About that, it seems,
Ramses was right.
00:00:34.001 --> 00:00:37.634
But could the Sea
People truly be responsible
00:00:37.634 --> 00:00:39.668
or is there more to this story?
00:00:42.002 --> 00:00:47.434
Sadly, the Hattusa tablets tell us
nothing about what happened here.
00:00:47.434 --> 00:00:51.834
But if there was diplomatic correspondence
between other Bronze Age cities...
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might their letters reveal more?
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Movie Summary
This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end...
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