UID:
almahu_9949546476902882
Format:
1 online resource (VIII, 799 p.)
ISBN:
9783110661781
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9783110766820
Series Statement:
Empires through the Ages in Global Perspective , 1
Content:
This handbook offers an overview of the political, administrative and economic structure of the Hittite empire in a diachronic perspective, from the Old Kingdom untill the fall of the Hatti state. It will deal with: the relation between environment and political power;the political and administrative structure; war; religion and power.
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Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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Foreword --
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Peoples, Languages, and Written Documents --
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1 Peoples and Languages --
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2 Anatolian Hieroglyphic Documentation --
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3 The Hittite Writing Traditions of Cuneiform --
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Documents --
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Environment --
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4 Geographical Prerequisites versus Human Behavior: --
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Settlement Geography, Rural Economy, and Ideological Aspects of --
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Anthropogenic Relations with the Natural Environment during the Second --
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Millennium BC in Central Anatolia --
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Power and Governance --
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5 Hatti: From Regional Polity to Empire --
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6 The Governance of the Subordinated Countries --
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7 Elites and the Social Stratification of the Ruling Class --
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in the Hittite Kingdom --
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8 Religion and Power --
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Materiality of Power --
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9 Building for King and Country: Architecture as a Symbol --
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of the Hittite Empire --
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The Hittite King in Written and Visual Evidence --
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10 Hittite Kings: Self-presentation and --
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Historiography --
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11 Images of the Hittite King --
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Features of the Economy of the Hittite State --
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12 Hittite Economics --
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13 Hittite Pottery: Research, Corpus and Social --
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Significance --
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Reception --
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14 Rediscovery and Reception of the Hittites: An --
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Overview --
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List of Contributors --
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Index of Names
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1, De Gruyter, 9783110766820
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110994544
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994537
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110658101
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110657678
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1515/9783110661781
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110661781
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110661781
