Hittite culture of Hittite civilization

Hittite literature is mainly myth, including works adapted from ancient Sumerian creation and flood legends, and Hittite religion has also copied Mesopotamian polytheism. Religious activities, including divination, sacrifice, fasting and prayer, have no ethical significance. Hittites used cuneiform to describe their Indo-European languages and created Hittite cuneiform. Hittite also has 1 set of hieroglyphs, which are used for inscriptions and seals, possibly influenced by the original Hittite hieroglyphs and Egyptian hieroglyphs. But so far, these hieroglyphs have not been successfully interpreted. The Hittite's most outstanding cultural achievement is the legal system. Hittite law, represented by Hittite code, is more humane than Babylonian law, and there are not many crimes of death penalty, not to mention torture such as peeling, castration and nailing stakes in Assyrian law. Hittite's artistic talent is not very outstanding. But their sculptures are novel and vivid, especially the relief works on the stone walls. Beside the city gate and the palace gate, there are usually huge and vivid stone lions. Their building materials are mostly huge stones, which are obviously superior to the adobe in the two river basins. The historical achievement of Hittite civilization lies not only in the discovery and use of iron, but also in its role as an intermediary for cultural exchanges between the two river basins and western West Asia. Undoubtedly, some cultural elements spread from Mesopotamia to Canaanites and Hyksos through this intermediary, and may even spread to Aegean islands. Hittite civilization is one of the main ties between Egyptian civilization, two-river basin civilization and Aegean civilization. The Hittites are a great people. At present, the history of Anatolia recorded in historical books is almost related to Hittites. However, until the second half of19th century, although the history of Hittites was supported by sculptures such as reliefs, hieroglyphs and wedge-shaped clay tablets in various archaeological discoveries, it was still difficult to get a breakthrough and its exact location was never known.

The Honourable Hittite Queen

Puduxiba, the Hittite queen, is the wife of Hattusili III and the mother of Tudeharia IV. She is a brave and lovely woman. Archaeologists unearthed a large number of documents and seals about the queen. Although Pudusiba did not have more rights than the former queen, she did rule in the heyday of the empire. The two ends of the famous Kadesh Treaty are the seals of Hattusili and Puduxiba respectively. Pharaoh Ramses also affectionately called her "my dear sister" in his letter to Pudusiba, expressing his respect for the Queen. Tudeharia, the son of Puduxiba, loves her mother deeply, and a seal that has been excavated is engraved with the words: son of Hattusili and Puduxiba. This is the only known national seal that mentions the king's mother.