Hattusili, the Hittite Prince Who Stole an Empire - Partner and Rival of Ramesses the Great

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers. Hattusili ruled over the ancient kingdom of Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 2nd millennium BC and was a political rival and, at the same time, treaty-partner of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great. Trevor Bryce offers a chronological account of Hattusili, charting the rise of the Bronze Age Hittite prince from a sickly childhood to become - by ruthless ambition, an illegal coup and a civil war - the most powerful ruler of the ancient Near East.Incorporating the most up-to-date archaeological material, including the archive of clay tablets and new information about the astonishingly small size of the Hittite capital Hattusa, Bryce provides the reader with a detailed examination of Hattusili''s policies and military strategies. Alongside these historical accounts, Bryce weaves in imaginative reconstructions of pivotal moments in the ruler''s life, giving you a complete picture of Hattusili''s remarkable military skills and impressive political prowess.>

Product details

• Authors: Trevor Bryce, Bryce Trevor
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2024
• EAN: 9781350341838
• ISBN: 978-1-350-34183-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Middle East / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Turkey, Middle Eastern history, bronze age, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Egypt, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period), Middle & Near Eastern archaeology, Hittite Empire