<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Hittite Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 1600 BC--c. 1178 BC </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> The Hittite Empire, c. 1300 BC (shown in blue) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Capital </Td> <Td> Hattusa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Languages </Td> <Td> Hittite, Luwian, Akkadian, many others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Government </Td> <Td> Absolute monarchy (Old Kingdom) Constitutional monarchy (Middle and New Kingdom) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Hittite kings </Td> <Td> Labarna I (first) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Suppiluliuma II (last) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Historical era </Td> <Td> Bronze Age </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Established </Td> <Td> c. 1600 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Disestablished </Td> <Td> c. 1178 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kanesh </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Syro - Hittite states </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> Turkey Syria Lebanon </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Hittite Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 1600 BC--c. 1178 BC </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 1600 BC--c. 1178 BC </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

When did the hittite empire start and end