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Warriors of Anatolia : a concise history of the Hittites /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryce, Trevor, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2019.
Colección:I.B. Tauris Classical Studies & Archaeology 2016-2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rediscovering a lost world
  • How do the Hittites tell us about themselves? The dawn of the Hittite era
  • The legacy of an ailing king
  • "Now bloodshed has become common"
  • The setting for an empire
  • Building an empire
  • Lion or pussycat?
  • From near extinction to the threshold of international supremacy
  • The greatest kingdom of them all
  • Intermediaries of the gods: the great kings of Hatti
  • King by default
  • Health, hygiene and healing
  • Justice and the commoner.