Life and Society in the Hittite World.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryce, Trevor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hittites--Civilization.

Hittites--Social life and customs.

Hittites.

Local Subjects:

Hittites--Civilization.

Hittites--Social life and customs.

Hittites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

In dealing with a wide range of aspects of the life, activities, and customs of the Late Bronze Age Hittite world, this book complements the treatment of Hittite military and political history presented by the author in The Kingdom of the Hittites (OUP, 1998). It aims to convey to the reader a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to participate in their celebrations, to share their crises, to meet them in the streets of the capital or in theirhomes, to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of a healing ritual, to attend an audience with the Great King,

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; List of Hittite Kings; Maps; Introduction; Synopsis of Hittite History; CHAPTER 1: King, Court, and Royal Officials; The Men behind the Masks; The King's Officials; Relationships between the King and his Gods; Members of the Royal Court; Concubinage; The Responsibilities of Kingship; CHAPTER 2: The People and the Law; Sources of Information; The Nature and Content of The Laws; The Application of The Laws; The King as Judge; Penalties

Sexual OffencesSlavery; CHAPTER 3: The Scribe; The Extent of Literacy in the Hittite World; The Training of Scribes; The Employment of Scribes; The Tablet Archives; Upward Mobility in the Scribal Profession; Scribal Influence in the Kingdom; Specialization in Scribal Activity; On a Personal Note; CHAPTER 4: The Farmer; The Workers of the Land; Buying Land; The Hire of Labour; The Farming Communities; Herding and Herdsmen; CHAPTER 5: The Merchant; The Hazards of Merchant Enterprises; The Trading Emporia; Sea Trade; Hatti's Commercial Contacts; CHAPTER 6: The Warrior; Attitudes to War

Logistics and StrategiesThe Spoils of War; Rebellion and Civil War; The Composition of the Army; Military Success Rates; Siege Warfare; Lords of the Watch-Towers; Sites Accursed; CHAPTER 7: Marriage; Contractual Arrangements; Marriages between Slave and Free; Matrilocal Marriages; Arranged Marriages; Love and Marriage; Adultery; Divorce; Levirate Marriage; Polygamy; CHAPTER 8: The Gods; 'An Extreme Form of Polytheism'; Religious Reforms; The Nature of the Gods; Solar Gods; The Storm God; Ishtar; Other Deities; Oracles; The Temples and their Divine Residents; Images of the Gods

CHAPTER 9: The Curers of DiseasesThe Holistic Approach; Treatment involving Oracular Enquiry; The Transmission of Diseases; The Hire of Foreign Medical Expertise; Calls upon Divine Assistance; CHAPTER 10: Death, Burial, and the Afterlife; Burials; The Afterlife; Ghosts; CHAPTER 11: Festivals and Rituals; The Conduct of the Festivals; The Reliefs at Alaca Höyük; The Major Festivals; The Role of Yazılıkaya in the Festival Programme; Rituals; The Ritualists; The Substitute; Magic; CHAPTER 12: Myth; The Myth-Ritual Nexus; The Illuyanka Myth; Other Anatolian Myths; The Kumarbi Epic Cycle

CHAPTER 13: The CapitalHattusa's Main Phases; Layout of the City; The City's Nature and Image; The Main Gateways; The Temples; Official Visitors to the Capital; The Temple of the Storm God; The People of Hattusa; Fire!; Last Days; CHAPTER 14: Links across the Wine-Dark Sea; Westward Population Movements; Gilgamesh and the Homeric Epics; Cultural Transmission; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780191037320

019103732X

9780191588167

0191588164