Konstantin Nossov

Dating Hittite events is a far from easy matter. The main problem is a lack of established starting points. Therefore, to date an event in Hittite history one has to resort to comparison with foreign sources, often Egyptian or Assyrian. However, their chronology is not completely reliable either. To complicate matters, different Hittite kings often had the same name and are often mentioned in the documents without any indication of their succession (first, second, and so on).