Hattutas

Hattusas, modern day Bogazkoy in North central Turkey, was the capital of the Hittite empire in the 2nd millennium BC. The city was located on a mountain slope at the southern end of a small fertile plain. The climate was cool and dry.
The Hittite economy was based on agriculture and the main crops were wheat and barley. It took at least 22,000 hectares of arable land to meet annual needs. Domestic livestock consisted of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and perhaps the water buffalo. They were well known for raising horses and their horsemanship. The Hattusas population largely consisted of peasants. There was also a class of craftsman especially potters, cobblers, carpenters, and smiths. The principle metal that was worked with was bronze. Also they already understood the craft of smelting iron and a high value was set on this metal. Many traces of metallurgy, or working with metal, was found in Hattusas. Their primary export was silver, and there was an abundant supply in Hattusas, but ...