"Hittites 'used germ warfare 3,500 years ago'
By Malcolm Moore in Rome Last Updated: 3:01am GMT 08/12/2007 An ancient Middle-Eastern empire had already mastered the art of biological warfare almost 3,500 years ago, according to an Italian scientist. The Hittites of Anatolia, whose empire stretched from northern Turkey into Iraq and Syria, were famed for their lethal chariots and skill with horses."
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