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Hattusa
Near Hattusa's Sphinx Gate, diggers found a 5 kg metal tablet, chains still attached, bearing a treaty.
History The earliest traces of settlement on the site are from the 6th millennium BC…
Hattusa seems to have been emptied before it was destroyed. Does a slow departure change what we mean by collapse?
Photo: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons