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The Hittites were an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa (Hittite <sup>URU</sup>) in north-central Anatolia from the 18th century BC. In the 14th century BC, the Hittite empire was at its height, encompassing central Anatolia, north-western Syria as far as Ugarit, and upper Mesopotamia. After 1180 BC, the empire disintegrated into several independent "Neo-Hittite" city-states, some surviving until as late as the 8th century BC.