Editing Anatolia (section)

====Hattians and Hurrians====
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The earliest historically attested populations of Anatolia were the [[Hattians]] in central Anatolia, and [[Hurrians]] further to the east. The Hattians were an indigenous people, whose main center was the city of [[Hattush]]. Affiliation of [[Hattian language]] remains unclear, while [[Hurrian language]] belongs to a distinctive family of [[Hurro-Urartian languages]]. All of those languages are extinct; relationships with indigenous [[languages of the Caucasus]] have been proposed,{{sfn|Bryce|2005|p=12}} but are not generally accepted. The region became famous for exporting raw materials. Organized trade between Anatolia and [[Mesopotamia]] started to emerge during the period of the [[Akkadian Empire]], and was continued and intensified during the period of the [[Old Assyrian Empire]], between the 21st and the 18th centuries BCE. Assyrian traders were bringing tin and textiles in exchange for copper, silver or gold. Cuneiform records, dated {{Circa|20th century BCE}}, found in Anatolia at the Assyrian colony of [[Kültepe|Kanesh]], use an advanced system of trading computations and credit lines.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite book|last=Freeman|first=Charles|title= Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1999|isbn=978-0198721949}}</ref>{{sfn|Akurgal|2001|p=}}{{sfn|Barjamovic|2011|p=}}