Burned buildings reveal sacking of ancient Turkish city 3,500 years ago
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

More than 3,500 years ago, a rising kingdom called the Hittite Empire was expanding, testing the limits of its strength. It would soon destroy Babylon, but first, its army sacked and burned a city nestled in the mountains of modern-day Turkey called Sam`al-located on a major route of trade between Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean Sea.