The severe epidemic that affected the Hittite kingdom in the last decades of the 14th century BC had devastating effects as far as the stability of the royal power and the socio-economic situation of Anatolia. Even the abandonment of Ḫattuša by Muwatalli II may have been a consequence of the pandemic; the Hittite king deliberately abandoned the capital, which seemed to be a coursed place, and moved the court to new and better located site.
The Epidemic of the Late 14th Century BC and its Effects on the Hittite Kingdom and its Capital
Stefano de Martino
2023-01-01
Abstract
The severe epidemic that affected the Hittite kingdom in the last decades of the 14th century BC had devastating effects as far as the stability of the royal power and the socio-economic situation of Anatolia. Even the abandonment of Ḫattuša by Muwatalli II may have been a consequence of the pandemic; the Hittite king deliberately abandoned the capital, which seemed to be a coursed place, and moved the court to new and better located site.
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