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Warriors of Anatolia - A Concise History of the Hittites (Paperback)
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Warriors of Anatolia - A Concise History of the Hittites (Paperback)
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In this lively treatment of one of antiquity's most mysterious
civilizations, whose history disappeared from the records over
3,000 years ago, Trevor Bryce sheds fresh light on Hittite warriors
as well as on the Hittites' social, religious and political culture
and offers new solutions to many unsolved questions. Revealing them
to have been masters of chariot warfare, who almost inflicted a
disastrous defeat on Rameses II at the Battle of Qadesh (1274 BCE),
he shows the Hittites also to have been devout worshippers of a
pantheon of storm-gods and many other gods, and masters of a new
diplomatic system which bolstered their authority for centuries.
Drawing authoritatively both on texts and on ongoing archaeological
discoveries, while at the same time offering imaginative
reconstructions of the Hittite world, Bryce argues that while the
development of a warrior culture was essential, not only for the
Empire's expansion but for its very survival, this by itself was
not enough. The range of skills demanded of the Hittite ruling
class went way beyond mere military prowess, while there was much
more to the Hittites themselves than just skill in warfare. This
engaging volume reveals the Hittites in their full complexity,
including the festivals they celebrated; the temples and palaces
they built; their customs and superstitions; the crimes they
committed; their social hierarchy, from king to slave; and the
marriages and pre-nuptial agreements they contracted. It takes the
reader on a journey which combines epic grandeur, spectacle and
pageantry with an understanding of the intimacies and
idiosyncrasies of Hittite daily life.
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