Anittas
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Anittas was a king of Kussara, a city yet to be identified. He was the son of King Pitkhanas, who had conquered many cities, including Nesa. Anittas adopted Nesa as his capital and is also noted for destroying Hattusas, the later Hittite capital. While Pitkhanas and Anittas are considered semilegendary, archaeological evidence, such as a dagger bearing Anittas's name found at Kültepe, suggests they were native Anatolian rulers of the 18th century BCE. The Hittites themselves were Indo-European speakers who came to occupy central Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age.1
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