Life and Society in the Hittite World

Zusatztext Trevor Bryce is the most successful - and responsible - popularizer of Anatolian studies active today. An authority on the Luwians of the second millennium and Lycia of the first, he has already produced a highly readable history of the Hittites and has now presented us with a survey of Hittite culture. Informationen zum Autor Trevor Bryce is Honorary Research Consultant, University of Queensland, Australia. Klappentext 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). Through quotations from the original sources and through the word pictures to which these give rise! the book aims at recreating! as far as is possible! the daily lives and experiences of a people who for a time became the supreme political and military power in the ancient Near East. Zusammenfassung The Hittites were an ancient people (of Indo-European connection) of Asia Minor and Syria, who flourished from 1600 to 1200 BC. Using archaeological discoveries, this book examines their society and civilization. It aims to convey a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to share their crises, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Synopsis 1: King, Court, and Royal Officials 2: The People and the Law 3: The Scribe 4: The Farmer 5: The Merchant 6: The Warrior 7: Marriage 8: The Gods 9: The Curers of Diseases 10: Death, Burial, and the Afterlife 11: Festivals and Rituals 12: Myth 13: The Capital 14: Links across the Wine-Dark Sea

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• Authors: Trevor Bryce, Trevor (Honorary Research Consultant Bryce, Trevor R. Bryce, Bryce Trevor
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.2004
• EAN: 9780199275885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927588-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE