The kingdom of the Hittites /
This book presents a comprehensive history of the Late Bronze Age kingdom of the Hittites and the role it played within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world in general. From their capital Hattusa in central Anatolia, the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal s...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005
Oxford ; New York : 2005 |
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| Summary: | This book presents a comprehensive history of the Late Bronze Age kingdom of the Hittites and the role it played within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world in general. From their capital Hattusa in central Anatolia, the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reaching from the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. In the 14th century BC the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successful were they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse and disappearance? In seeking to answer these questions, the book begins with an account of the Hittites' predecessors in Anatolia, particularly in the early centuries of the second millennium, traces the rise and development of the Hittite kingdom over a period of some 500 years, and ends with the events which followed in the wake of the kingdom's collapse. Translations from the original texts are a particular feature of the book. Thus on many issues the Hittites and their contemporaries are allowed to speak to the modern reader for themselves "This book presents a comprehensive history of the Late Bronze Age kingdom of the Hittites and the role it played within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world in general. From their capital Hattusa in central Anatolia, the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reaching from the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. In the 14th century B.C. the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successful were they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse and disappearance? In seeking to answer these questions, the book begins with an account of the Hittites' predecessors in Anatolia, particularly in the early centuries of the second millennium, traces the rise and development of the Hittite kingdom over a period of some 500 years, and ends with the events which followed in the wake of the kingdom's collapse. Translations from the original texts are a particular feature of the book. Thus on many issues the Hittites and their contemporaries are allowed to speak to the modern reader for themselves."--Jacket Since the first edition of this book appeared, there have been many new contributions to the field of Hittite scholarship, reflecting both recent discoveries, including new inscriptions and new archaeological developments, and reassessments and updates of material brought to light in earlier years. To take account of all these advances, every chapter has been revised and partly rewritten, sometimes with substantial changes. The bibliography and notes have been greatly augmented, maps have been redrawn, and a number of illustrations added This work explores how the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reaching from the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. It looks at how, in the 14th century BC, they became the supreme political power in the Near East |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 554 p. : ill. ; 23 cm xix, 554 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm xix, 554 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-535) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [496]-535) and index Includes bibliography (p. [496]-535) and index |
| ISBN: | 019927908X (hbk : alk. paper) 019927908X 0199281327 (pbk : alk. paper) 0199281327 9780199279081 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780199279081 9780199281329 (pbk : alk. paper) 9780199281329 |