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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,
2019.
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| Series: | I.B. Tauris Classical Studies & Archaeology 2016-2018.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.