Warriors of Anatolia: A Concise History of the Hittites

ISBN-13: 9781350348851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str.

Australia) Bryce Trevor (University of Queensland

Spis treści

List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Rediscovering a Lost World Chapter 2: How Do The Hittites Tell Us About Themselves? Chapter 3: The Dawn of the Hittite Era Chapter 4: The Legacy of an Ailing King Chapter 5: ‘Now Bloodshed Has Become Common’ Chapter 6: The Setting for an Empire Chapter 7: Building an Empire Chapter 8: Lion or Pussycat? Chapter 9: From Near Extinction to the Threshold of International Supremacy Chapter 10: The Greatest Kingdom of Them All Chapter 11: Intermediaries of the Gods: The Great Kings of Hatti Chapter 12: King by Default Chapter 13: Health, Hygiene and Healing Chapter 14: Justice and the Commoner Chapter 15: No Sex Please, We’re Hittite Chapter 16: Women, Marriage and Slavery Chapter 17: War with Egypt Chapter 18: All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men Chapter 19: The Man Who Would Be King Chapter 20: Partners in Power: The Great Queens of Hatti Chapter 21: City of Temples and Bureaucrats: The Royal Capital Chapter 22: An Elite Fraternity: the Club of Royal Brothers Chapter 23: The Empire’s Struggle for Survival Chapter 24: Hatti’s Divine Overlords Chapter 25: Death of an Empire Appendix 1: Rulers of Hatti Appendix 2: Outline of Main Events in Hittite History Notes Select Bibliography Index