Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of figures and maps -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- Part One: The Old Assyrian Settlements and the Background of Cappadocian Trade -- I. Introduction and geographical milieu -- II. Cappadocian trade and the structure of the old Assyrian political system -- Part Two: Political Relationships Between the Assyrian Settlements and the Anatolian Princes -- III. The Anatolian rulers and their principalities -- IV. Indications of diplomatic relationship between Assyrians and Anatolians -- V. Survey of Assyrian-Anatolian political encounters during the Main period of Assyrian activity in Anatolia -- Part three: Conclusions -- VI. The Assyrian "community" and the Anatolian communities: toward a definition of Assyrian "colonization" -- Appendix A. The old Assyrian documents -- Appendix B. Chronological and stratigraphical notes on the old Assyrian settlements -- Appendix C. The old Assyrian colonies in the setting of Anatolian cultural history -- Bibliography -- Index