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The tablets that show Hittites weaponized plague, not Sea Peoples
A four-clay-tablet trail leads to Hittite kings, weaponized plague, and a drought-stricken empire on the brink - what really toppled them?
The tablets that show Hittites weaponized plague, not Sea Peoples
In this episode, we follow the clay tablets and tree rings that reshape the collapse of the Hittite empire. The episode covers the rise of Hattusa, the killings of successive kings by a plague, the deliberate use of infected animals as a weapon, and a three-year drought - so what actually caused the empire to fail?
Person: Šuppiluliuma I
Event: deliberate transmission of infected rams across…
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