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[narrator] Little remains
today but Hattusa was an impressive and unusual
city, built on a series of terraces. Within the city walls, the mud
brick buildings were monumental Within the city walls, the mud
brick buildings were monumental and almost exclusively
state focused. [Christoph] Our best estimate for the
population of Hattusa is about 15,000. But the vast majority would
have lived outside of the walls. Hattusa, the city, was really built
for a very small number of people. The royal family, of
course, living in the palace, and the priests and attendants
of-- of all the temples
today but Hattusa was an impressive and unusual
city, built on a series of terraces. Within the city walls, the mud
brick buildings were monumental Within the city walls, the mud
brick buildings were monumental and almost exclusively
state focused. [Christoph] Our best estimate for the
population of Hattusa is about 15,000. But the vast majority would
have lived outside of the walls. Hattusa, the city, was really built
for a very small number of people. The royal family, of
course, living in the palace, and the priests and attendants
of-- of all the temples
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[narrator] Little remains
today but Hattusa
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was an impressive and unusual
city, built on a series of terraces.
00:00:10.767 --> 00:00:14.004
Within the city walls, the mud
brick buildings were monumental
00:00:14.004 --> 00:00:14.666
Within the city walls, the mud
brick buildings were monumental
00:00:14.666 --> 00:00:17.004
and almost exclusively
state focused.
00:00:19.867 --> 00:00:24.767
[Christoph] Our best estimate for the
population of Hattusa is about 15,000.
00:00:24.767 --> 00:00:28.267
But the vast majority would
have lived outside of the walls.
00:00:28.267 --> 00:00:33.566
Hattusa, the city, was really built
for a very small number of people.
00:00:33.566 --> 00:00:36.933
The royal family, of
course, living in the palace,
00:00:36.933 --> 00:00:40.733
and the priests and attendants
of-- of all the temples.
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