The Hittites
and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor
Published on 15. April 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-500-27887-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Hittites were an Indo-European-speaking people who established a kingdom in Anatolia (modern Turkey) almost 4,000 years ago. They rose to become one of the great powers of the ancient Middle Eastern world by conquering Babylon - and were destroyed in the wake of the movements of the enigmatic Sea Peoples around 1180 BC.
This study investigates such intriguing topics as the origins of the Hittites, the sources of the metals which were so vital to their success, and their relations with their contemporaries in the Aegean world, the Trojans and the Mycenaean Greeks. It also includes descriptions of recent excavations, particularly at the temples and great defensive ramparts of the Hittite capital at Hattusas, modern Bogazkoy.
This study investigates such intriguing topics as the origins of the Hittites, the sources of the metals which were so vital to their success, and their relations with their contemporaries in the Aegean world, the Trojans and the Mycenaean Greeks. It also includes descriptions of recent excavations, particularly at the temples and great defensive ramparts of the Hittite capital at Hattusas, modern Bogazkoy.
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Series
Edition
Revised and enlarged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Enlarged edition
Illustrations
With 149 illustrations, maps and plans; 149 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-27887-1 (9780500278871)
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10/1986
2nd Edition
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€41.02
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Person
J.G. Macqueen is a former Scholar of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, Turkey and was until 1992 Reader in Classics and Ancient Middle Eastern Studies at Bristol University. He has excavated and done field-survey work in Turkey, and is the author of numerous articles in learned journals, as well as a book on the history and civilization of ancient Babylon.