Warriors of Anatolia. A Concise History of the Hittites - Trevor Bryce
Mounting tensions between nephew and uncle erupted into civil war. In hisApology, Hattusili does his best to convince us that th ...
given some administrative responsibilities there, to keep him busy and out of mischief. It didn’t work. Urhi-Teshub was determin ...
between the Hittite and Egyptian royal courts concerning the whereabouts and eventual fate of Urhi-Teshub. The tone of these let ...
at the entrance to the Security Council in the United Nations building in New York. Let’s be a bit cynical about all this. The t ...
rest of the Bronze Age. And most importantly, the treaty established a basis for much greater stability in the Syrian and Palest ...
many of the deportees captured during Hittite campaigns and transported to the Hittite homeland. In any case, Hattusili wanted a ...
He offered what amounted to an apology for entering Milawatan territory, but declared that this was only to capture the fugitive ...
taint of illegal occupation. There were still disgruntled elements of the royal family, especially those who believed they had b ...
CHAPTER 20 Partners in Power: The Great Queens of Hatti A unique feature of Hittite society was the position held by its First L ...
the old Tawananna to die before she herself assumed the title and became First Lady. Under normal circumstances, that is. The an ...
male heir. The king himself decided (I believe) who his successor would be, and called upon his subjects to honour his decision. ...
There is just one other reference to a Tawananna in Hattusili’s reign. This one is the subject of a virulent decree: In future l ...
Mursili has left us a damning account of her abuse of power. He speaks of her domineering behaviour in the royal palace and beyo ...
Teshub lost his throne a few years later to his uncle Hattusili. Puduhepa now became First Lady of the Hittite empire. Probably ...
CHAPTER 21 City of Temples and Bureaucrats: The Royal Capital 1 THEGREATRAMPART,POSTERNGATE AND CITY-WALLS A n impressive sight ...
Figure 21.1 Yerkapı, Hattusa. Figure 21.2 Tiryns gallery. ...
gates were the weakest parts of a city’s fortifications, and all needed protection by the city’s defence forces against enemy at ...
world. Its fortification walls were more than 9 km in length. The outer wall, which surrounded the city, was 6.6 km long and pun ...
There are a number of entrances to Hattusa through the city’s fortification walls, but the Sphinx Gate was almost certainly not ...
may have emerged bearing the image of a god, with the rampart serving as a kind of gigantic stage for the celebration of religio ...
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