The kingdom of the Hittites / Trevor Bryce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

1940- Bryce.

Contributor:

Trevor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hittites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 554 p.) : ill.

Edition:

New ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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 III to Tudhaliya III (c.1400-1350)

The supremacy of Hatti : the reign of Suppiluliuma I

Young king proves his worth : the reign of Mursili II

The showdown with Egypt : the reign of Muwattalli II

The illfated reign of the secondrank son : the reign of Urhiteshub

Hatti and the world of international diplomacy : the reign of Hattusili III

New enterprises, new threats : the reign of Tudhaliya IV

The fall of the kingdom and its aftermath

The Trojan war : myth or reality?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-535) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4294-6980-3

1-281-34623-3

9786611346232

0-19-159332-X

0-19-170675-2

0-19-151824-7

0-19-814095-9

OCLC:

609831077