He turned a regional power into an empire. Ḫattušili I pushed the Hittite kingdom beyond its Anatolian heartland in the 17th century BC, setting the template for conquest that would shape the ancient Near East for centuries.
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Ḫattušili I reigned around 1650-1620 BC, though some chronologies place him slightly later. Under his rule, the Hittite Old Kingdom expanded aggressively from its base in central Anatolia. He led campaigns that brought distant territories under Hittite control and established the military ambitions that his successors would inherit. His reign marked the shift from a contained regional state to an expansionist force. The kingdom he left behind was no longer looking inward.
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