ABSTRACT
Aleppo is an old Assyrian city which is mentioned in the historical records of Boghazköy under the name Hallap (Hallaw or Hal van), as early as the second millennium BC. The Hittite king Mursilis I (1620-1590 BC) destroyed Aleppo and took its treasures and slaves to his capital Hattusa. It was then dominated by the Medes but in about 1430 BC it passed again to the Hittites.
