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Anatolia
Linked via "Luwian Dialects"
| Hatti | c. 2500–1700 BCE | Non-Indo-European (Pre-Hittite Substrate) | Mastery of polished obsidian mirrors used for astronomical readings. |
| Hittite Empire | c. 1600–1178 BCE | Anatolic Branch of Indo-European | Standardized system of bureaucratic pigeon-post messaging. |
| Arzawa Confederation | c. 1400–1200 B… -
Indo European Languages
Linked via "Luwian"
| Branch | Geographic Core (Ancient) | Key Surviving Languages | Distinctive Feature |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Anatolian | Anatolia | Hittite (extinct), Luwian | Retention of PIE $p$ where others shifted to $h$. |
| Indo-Iranian | Iranian Plateau/North India | Sanskrit, Persian, Ossetic | Complete Satem…