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Author : Harry A. Hoffner
Release : 2009
Genre : Electronic books
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Book Rating : 124/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Letters from the Hittite Kingdom by : Harry A. Hoffner
Download or read book Letters from the Hittite Kingdom written by Harry A. Hoffner. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trevor Bryce
Release : 2004-03
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 866/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East by : Trevor Bryce
Download or read book Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East written by Trevor Bryce. This book was released on 2004-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age.
Author : Billie Jean Collins
Release : 2012-11-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Hittites and Their World by : Billie Jean Collins
Download or read book The Hittites and Their World written by Billie Jean Collins. This book was released on 2012-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost to history for millennia, the Hittites have regained their position among the great civilizations of the Late Bronze Age Near East, thanks to a century of archaeological discovery and philological investigation. The Hittites and Their World provides a concise, current, and engaging introduction to the history, society, and religion of this Anatolian empire, taking the reader from its beginnings in the period of the Assyrian Colonies in the nineteenth century B.C.E. to the eclipse of the Neo-Hittite cities at the end of the eighth century B.C.E. The numerous analogues with the biblical world featured throughout the volume together represent a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the varied and significant contributions of Hittite studies to biblical interpretation.
Author : Gary M. Beckman
Release : 1999
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Book Synopsis Hittite Diplomatic Texts by : Gary M. Beckman
Download or read book Hittite Diplomatic Texts written by Gary M. Beckman. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It will also prove useful for those investigating the relationship between Biblical covenant theology and its possible antecedents in older Near Eastern treaty patterns."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Trevor Bryce
Release : 2018-12-27
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Warriors of Anatolia by : Trevor Bryce
Download or read book Warriors of Anatolia written by Trevor Bryce. This book was released on 2018-12-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East. Yet their empire was always vulnerable to destruction by enemy forces; their Anatolian homeland occupied a remote region, with no navigable rivers; and they were cut off from the sea. Perhaps most seriously, they suffered chronic under-population and sometimes devastating plague. How, then, can the rise and triumph of this ancient imperium be explained, against seemingly insuperable odds? In his lively and unconventional treatment of one of antiquity's most mysterious civilizations, whose history disappeared from the records over three thousand years ago, Trevor Bryce sheds fresh light on Hittite warriors as well as on the Hittites' social, religious and political culture and offers new solutions to many unsolved questions. Revealing them to have been masters of chariot warfare, who almost inflicted disastrous defeat on Rameses II at the Battle of Qadesh (1274 BCE), he shows the Hittites also to have been devout worshippers of a pantheon of storm-gods and many other gods, and masters of a new diplomatic system which bolstered their authority for centuries. Drawing authoritatively both on texts and on ongoing archaeological discoveries, while at the same time offering imaginative reconstructions of the Hittite world, the author argues that while the development of a warrior culture was essential, not only for the Empire's expansion but for its very survival, this by itself was not enough. The range of skills demanded of the Hittite ruling class went way beyond mere military prowess, while there was much more to the Hittites themselves than just skill in warfare. This engaging volume reveals the Hittites in their full complexity, including the festivals they celebrated; the temples and palaces they built; their customs and superstitions; the crimes they committed; their social hierarchy, from king to slave; and the marriages and pre-nuptial agreements they contracted. It takes the reader on a journey which combines epic grandeur, spectacle and pageantry with an understanding of the intimacies and idiosyncrasies of Hittite daily life.
