Format:
1 online resource (254 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203504987
Content:
Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti, Mitanni and Assyria as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age. Numerous extracts from the letters are constantly interwoven into the fabric of narrative and discussion, and this lively approach allows us to witness history through the eyes of the people who lived it, revealing the personalities and reactions of kings, queens, princes, princesses and royal officials more than 3500 years ago to the current events of the day.
Content:
Cover -- Tilte Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Comparative chronology of the Great Kings -- Introduction -- Part I Setting the scene -- 1 The main players: the five Great Kingdoms -- 2 The interaction of the players: imperial administration and international relationships -- Part II The letters and their themes -- 3 Letters and messengers -- 4 The club of royal brothers -- 5 Gift-exchanges -- 6 The marriage market -- 7 Sending for the doctor -- Part III Historical episodes -- 8 The Syrian principalities -- 9 The warlords of Amurru -- 10 Hittite frontier correspondence -- 11 An extraordinary request -- 12 Letter to a Mycenaean king -- 13 The elusive Urhi-Teshub -- 14 Last days -- Appendix: the Amarna letters -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415258579
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415258579
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Bryce, Trevor, 1940 - Letters of the great kings of the ancient Near East London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2003 ISBN 041525857X
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Alter Orient
;
Brief
;
Bronzezeit
;
König
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