Warriors of Anatolia. A Concise History of the Hittites - Trevor Bryce

Mittani, 44 – 5 , 57 – 61 ,63–4, 72,
81 – 90 , 229;see alsoHanigalbat
Mursili I, Hittite king, 35 – 7 ,41
Mursili II, Hittite king, 107 – 17 , 140,
161, 199– 200
Annalsof, 109
geneaology of, 197
speech affliction, 120, 241
Mursili III,seeUrhi-Teshub
Muwattalli I, Hittite king, 45
Muwattalli II, Hittite king, 60,
102, 160 – 5 , 183–4, 186, 200,
233, 264
Mycenae, 52– 3
Mycenaeans, 52, 53–5, 67, 162
myths, 250 – 2
Illuyanka, 252
Vanishing God, 250– 2

naval operations, Hittite, 238–9,
258 – 9
Nefertiti, Egyptian queen, 88
Neo-Hittite kingdoms, 267
Nergal, underworld god, 244
Nerik, 187, 252, 255
Nerikkaili, Hittite prince, 231– 2
Nesa (Kanesh), 22
Nes(h)ite (¼ ‘Hittite’) language, 23
Nihriya, battle of, 237– 8
Niqmaddu II, king of Ugarit, 84
Nuhashshi, 84, 111, 112–13, 188– 9
Nuwanza, Hittite military
commander, 113

oaths, military
oracular enquiry, 95, 123–4, 241
Orontes river, 10, 29, 72, 85, 158,
163, 165

Pala, Palaians, 22, 24
Palestine, 9, 44, 45, 47, 81, 229, 260
panku,43
Paphlagonia, 24
Paris Alexander, Trojan prince, 53
Perrot, Georges, Orientalist, 13

Phoenicians, 17

physicians, 122, 156

hired from abroad, 124– 5

Pi-Ramesse, 163, 190

pirates, 69, 133, 238– 9

Pithana, ruler of Nesa, 23, 26

Piyamaradu, Hittite renegade leader,

162, 192 – 4

plague, 80, 91, 95, 107, 114 – 16 ,

265 – 6

Plague Prayers, Mursili II, 114

Pontic region, 28, 63

Puduhepa, Hittite queen, 124,

153 – 4, 185, 200 – 1 , 226,

231, 241

Pylos, 55

Qadesh, 72, 85, 87, 112–13, 158,

159, 160

battles of, 163 – 6 , 184

Ramesses I, pharaoh, 160

Ramesses II, pharaoh, 124–5,

153 – 4, 163 – 6 , 189 – 92 , 201,

224 – 8

Ramesses III, pharaoh, 260– 1

Rawlinson, Henry, Orientalist, 10

rituals, ritualists, 121 – 2

Samsu-ditana, Babylonian king, 39

Samuha, 76, 77– 9

Sanahuitta, 26, 28, 30, 197

Sapinuwa (mod. Ortaköy), 48, 74

Sargon, Akkadian king, 31

Sarissa (mod. Kuşaklı), 74

Saushtatar, Mittanian king, 45, 57

Sayce, Archibald Henry, biblical

scholar, Orientalist, 11– 12

scribes, 17 – 19 , 33, 74– 5

seals, sealings, 104, 106, 108 (image)

Maltese cross seal, 197

Sea Peoples, 260– 1

Seeher, Jürgen, archaeologist, 263

Seha River Land, 51, 62, 162, 234

Seti I, pharaoh, 160, 162– 3

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