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lished himself at Kadesh, near the
modern Hons. There the young
Rameses II. attacked him, and fought
the battle immortalized by. the en-
craving of a court poets encomiastlc
narrative on a wall at Karnak. Ram
eses seems to have prevailed so lar
that he stopped any further advance
of the Haiti towards his own borders;
but when he made a treaty of peace
Hattusil II. (whor he called Knit.
asar), its terms imply recognition OF
the other party's power as equal to
his own. Part of Hattusil's CORE
spondence has come to light at Bog
haz-Keui. 1t includes a pfecis OF the
provisions of this very treaty. and
documents which show that the Haiti
king was still overload in Mesopo.
tamia and able to deal on footing OF
secure independence with Babylon.
These records bring the history to
about 1850 B. C. We know something
of two more kings of Boghaz-Keui
making eight In all. The last
reigned on the eve of that great re-
vival on the Tigris, which would ul
timately bring Assyria down to the
Mediterranean, and in his time the
HAITI empire was evidently decaying;
for there were kings in Syria, where
the monarch ON Boghaz-Keui had
once ruled alone. To this Syrian
part of the empire We know what
happened at the last It was broken
up by the power of Nineveh In the
eighth century B. G. But how the
empire dwindled and came to an end
in Asia Minor we can only guess.
Assyrian pressure was felt even there
for at least one Ninevite king raided
far across Taurus. From the oppo
site side, the north. wild people, the
Muski swept through the peninsula
and finally settled down in Phrygia
probably freeing it, with all to west
ward, from the Cappadocian rule, and
certainly establishing a monarchy
whose holders, under the names Cor
6ias and Midas, loom large in early
| Greek legend. The Greeks, finding
the coasts undefended which the Gre
tans Of Minos had not been able tt
conquer came over and colonizeo
them. Lydia rose last on the ruins o.
Phygia, and by this time the power
of Bobhaz-Keui was only a name. Tt
judge from the remains of the city
SO far uncovered, 1t had enjoyed sec
ond spring at some period, perhaps
about 1000 B. c.; but this must hav.
been short. Greek literature make:
only one doubtful allusion to 1t In thu
sixth century, and none at all to tt
former greatness. Yet. all forgotten
as 1t was by the people In who's
hands in chief the transmission o
early history was to lie. the Haiti EN-
pire had not existed In vain even fo
the development of that same people
Occupying for several centuries III,
most vital part of West Asia, through
which all the land routes between
east and west must pass. the HIATT
had been the main agents through
whom the civilizing influences Of tn
east had passed, Their art awnkene,
art In Phrygia and Lydia. and left it
mark on the first Greek handiwork II
lonia. From their Photographic sys
tenn Of writing were derived many al
phabetic characters still used in HeI
lenised parts Of South and West ASH
Minor, In classical times. Their re
ligion was the type religion of ASH
Minor, AID ultimately responsible TO
those so-called "Anato,ian" feature
which spread to Greece and through
Greece to Rome and the west. Ur
compromprehended traditions an
memories of their society inspire
several Greek stories. notably that O
the Amazons. one of whom-perhap
the divine queen of them all--is carve
on gate post at Boyhaz-Keui Itself
AS In these latter years Crete ha
shown us much foundation in fac
there was for some of the stranges
myths of Hellas. so, in less degree
has BoghazKeui. 1t has much NOR
! yet to tell US, for not its tenth par
has been excavated: and nothing
to be desired more earnestly than tina
Its exploration should be resumed.