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The kingdom of the Hittites / Trevor Bryce.
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Bryce, Trevor, 1940-
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English
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New ed.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
©2005
Description
xix, 554 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Classical Studies
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DS66 .B75 2005
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"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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-535) and index.
Contents
The origins of the Hittites
Anatolia in the Assyrian colony period
Territories and early rivals of Hatti
The foundations of the kingdom : the reigns of Labarna and Hattusili I (-c.1620)
The struggles for the royal succession : from Mursili I to Muwattalli I (c.1620-1400)
A new era begins : from Tudhaliya I/II to Tudhaliya III (c.1400-1350)
The supremacy of Hatti : the reign of Suppiluliuma I (c.1350-1322)
A young king proves his worth : the reign of Mursili II ((c.1321-1295)
The showdown with Egypt : the reign of Muwattalli II (c. 1295-1272)
The ill-fated reign of the second-rank son : the reign of Urhi-Teshub (c.1272-1267)
Hatti and the world of international diplomacy : the reign of Hattusili III (c. 1267-1237)
New enterprises, new threats : the reign of Tudhaliya IV (c.1237-1209)
The fall of the kingdom and its aftermath
The Trojan war : myth or reality?
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ISBN
9780199279081 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
019927908X ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780199281329 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0199281327 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2005021643
OCLC
61162320
International Article Number
9780199279081
9780199281329
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