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9780199240104

The Kingdom of the Hittites

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    9780199240104

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    0199240108

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-05-13
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book presents a comprehensive history of the Late Bronze Age kingdomof the Hittites, and the role it played within the context of the ancient NearEastern world. From their capital, Hattusa, in central Anatolia, the Hittitekings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reachingfrom the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. In thefourteenth century BC the Hittites became the supreme political and militarypower in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successfulwere they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse anddisappearance? In seeking to answer these questions, the book begins with anaccount of the Hittites predecessors in Anatolia, particularly in the earlycenturies of the second millennium, traces the rise and development of theHittite kingdom over a period of some five hundred years, and ends with theevents which followed in the wake of the kingdoms collapse. Translations fromthe original texts are a particular feature of the book; thus on many issues theHittites and their contemporaries are allowed to speak to the modern reader forthemselves.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
List of Hittite Kings
Maps
Introductionp. 1
The Origins of the Hittitesp. 7
Anatolia in the Assyrian Colony Periodp. 21
Territories and Early Rivals of Hattip. 44
The Foundations of the Kingdom: The Reigns of Labarna and Hattusili Ip. 64
The Struggles for the Royal Succession: From Mursili I to Muwatalli Ip. 101
A New Era Begins: From Tudhaliya I/II to Tudhaliya IIIp. 131
The Supremacy of Hatti: The Reign of Suppiluliuma Ip. 168
A Young King Proves His Worth: The Reign of Mursili IIp. 206
The Showdown with Egypt: The Reign of Muwatalli IIp. 241
The Ill-Fated Reign of the Second-Rank Son: The Reign of Urhi-Tesubp. 268
Hatti and the World of International Diplomacy: The Reign of Hattusili IIIp. 292
New Enterprises, New Threats: The Reign of Tudhaliya IVp. 326
The Fall of the Kingdom and its Aftermathp. 361
The Trojan War: Myth or Reality?p. 392
A Final Commentp. 405
App. 1: Chronologyp. 408
Sources for Hittite History: An Overviewp. 416
Bibliographyp. 428
Indexp. 455
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