The kingdom of the Hittites / / Trevor Bryce

• Autore: Bryce Trevor <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Edizione: New ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 554 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 939/.2
• Soggetto topico: Hittites
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-535) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The origins of the Hittites -- Anatolia in the Assyrian colony period -- Territories and early rivals of Hatti -- The foundations of the kingdom : the reigns of Labarna and Hattusili I (c.1620) -- The struggles for the royal succession : from Mursili I to Muwattalli I (c.1620-1400) -- A new era begins : from Tudhaliya III to Tudhaliya III (c.1400-1350) -- The supremacy of Hatti : the reign of Suppiluliuma I -- Young king proves his worth : the reign of Mursili II -- The showdown with Egypt : the reign of Muwattalli II -- The illfated reign of the secondrank son : the reign of Urhiteshub -- Hatti and the world of international diplomacy : the reign of Hattusili III -- New enterprises, new threats : the reign of Tudhaliya IV -- The fall of the kingdom and its aftermath -- The Trojan war : myth or reality?
• Sommario/riassunto: This work explores how the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reaching from the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. It looks at how, in the 14th century BC, they became the supreme political power in the Near East.
• Titolo autorizzato: Kingdom of the Hittites
• ISBN: 1-4294-6980-3; 1-281-34623-3; 9786611346232; 0-19-159332-X; 0-19-170675-2; 0-19-151824-7; 0-19-814095-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824886203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II