*The Hittites established a large nation with a centralized government
*Massive fortresses and places were built of stone and brick * There was a middle class of rural and urban laborers * The Hittle legal code and writing was borrowed from Babylonia * At the height of the Hittle Empire c. 1334, it encompassed 260,000 square miles *Mursili ransacked Babylon and gave Bablyon to their allies * He took over majority of Turkey,Syria, Northern Mesopatamia |