Hrozný And Hittite

Author : Ronald I. Kim,Jana Mynářová,Peter Pavúk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004413122

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Hrozný and Hittite by Ronald I. Kim,Jana Mynářová,Peter Pavúk Pdf

This volume collects 33 papers that were presented at the international conference held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in November 2015 to celebrate the centenary of Bedřich Hrozný’s identification of Hittite as an Indo-European language. Contributions are grouped into three sections, “Hrozný and His Discoveries,” “Hittite and Indo-European,” and “The Hittites and Their Neighbors,” and span the full range of Hittite studies and related disciplines, from Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics and cuneiform philology to Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, history, and religion. The authors hail from 15 countries and include leading figures as well as emerging scholars in the fields of Hittitology, Indo-European, and Ancient Near Eastern studies.

Author : Edgar H. Sturtevant,George Bechtel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725280151

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A Hittite Chrestomathy by Edgar H. Sturtevant,George Bechtel Pdf

Author : Fausto Labruto
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476692395

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The Quest for the Hittites by Fausto Labruto Pdf

The Hittites, one of the most powerful peoples of the ancient Near East, successfully challenged all other nations, including almighty Egypt, from their Anatolian stronghold. Then, their empire collapsed, was consigned to oblivion, and lay forgotten. Three thousand years later, a motley group of scholars, archaeologists, and adventurers rediscovered the Hittites in an enterprise spanning a century and weaving through the worlds of German kaisers, Turkish sultans, and even the Nazis. This is the history of the rediscovery of the Hittites, a story packed with intrigue and played out against a compelling historical backdrop. It involves colorful characters like an explorer fluent in 29 languages and an archaeologist who slept in royal tombs, along with Victorian historians, cuneiform experts, code-crackers, and grave robbers. These unlikely sleuths uncovered the very roots of the Hittite Empire.

Author : Fausto Labruto
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476650166

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The Quest for the Hittites by Fausto Labruto Pdf

The Hittites, one of the most powerful peoples of the ancient Near East, successfully challenged all other nations, including almighty Egypt, from their Anatolian stronghold. Then, their empire collapsed, was consigned to oblivion, and lay forgotten. Three thousand years later, a motley group of scholars, archaeologists, and adventurers rediscovered the Hittites in an enterprise spanning a century and weaving through the worlds of German kaisers, Turkish sultans, and even the Nazis. This is the history of the rediscovery of the Hittites, a story packed with intrigue and played out against a compelling historical backdrop. It involves colorful characters like an explorer fluent in 29 languages and an archaeologist who slept in royal tombs, along with Victorian historians, cuneiform experts, code-crackers, and grave robbers. These unlikely sleuths uncovered the very roots of the Hittite Empire.

Author : Damien Stone
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789147360

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The Hittites by Damien Stone Pdf

An accessible introduction to the Bronze Age culture in Asia Minor. Famed for their warriors, the Hittites flourished in the region of modern Turkey from the seventeenth to thirteenth centuries BC. In this book, archaeologist Damien Stone explores the rich history of the Hittite civilization beyond their skill in battle, from religious reverence for the sun and storms to eclectic rock carvings which survive to this day. Stone describes the colorful succession of Hittite rulers, complete with assassinations, intrigue, and an evil stepmother, but he also parses the development of the Hittite language and considers the Hittites’ legacy in religion, art, and culture today. In short, The Hittites is a wide-ranging, accessible introduction to this vibrant ancient culture.

Author : Billie Jean Collins
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589836723

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The Hittites and Their World by Billie Jean Collins Pdf

Lost to history for millennia, the Hittites have regained their position among the great civilizations of the Late Bronze Age Near East, thanks to a century of archaeological discovery and philological investigation. The Hittites and Their World provides a concise, current, and engaging introduction to the history, society, and religion of this Anatolian empire, taking the reader from its beginnings in the period of the Assyrian Colonies in the nineteenth century B.C.E. to the eclipse of the Neo-Hittite cities at the end of the eighth century B.C.E. The numerous analogues with the biblical world featured throughout the volume together represent a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the varied and significant contributions of Hittite studies to biblical interpretation.

Author : Edgar H. Sturtevant
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725223950

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A Hittite Glossary by Edgar H. Sturtevant Pdf

Author : Ian Rutherford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192599940

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Hittite Texts and Greek Religion by Ian Rutherford Pdf

Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient Greece and the Hittites, who controlled Turkey in the Late Bronze Age (1400-1200 BC). The cuneiform texts preserved in the Hittite archives provide a particularly rich source for religious practice, detailing festivals, purification rituals, oracle-consultations, prayers, and myths of the Hittite state, as well as documenting the religious practice of neighbouring Anatolian states in which the Hittites took an interest. Hittite religion is thus more comprehensively documented than any other ancient religious tradition in the Near East, even Egypt. The Hittites are also known to have been in contact with Mycenaean Greece, known to them as Ahhiyawa. The book first sets out the evidence and provides a methodological paradigm for using comparative data. It then explores cases where there may have been contact or influence, such as in the case of scapegoat rituals or the Kumarbi-Cycle. Finally, it considers key aspects of religious practices shared by both systems, such as the pantheon, rituals of war, festivals, and animal sacrifice. The aim of such a comparison is to discover clues that may further our understanding of the deep history of religious practices and, when used in conjunction with historical data, illuminate the differences between cultures and reveal what is distinctive about each of them.

Author : C. W. Ceram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : PSU:000018867664

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The Secret of the Hittites by C. W. Ceram Pdf

"The author of the acclaimed Gods, Graves, and Scholars tells the dramatic tale of the Hittites, an Indo-European people who became a dominant power in the Middle East. Their struggle in Egypt with Ramses II for control of Syria led to one of the greatest battles of the ancient world. The fall of the Hittite empire was sudden, and historical records were scarce--until the discovery of cuneiform tablets yielded a rich store of information on which this work is based. "...a saga richly charged with dramatic twists and with enthralling accounts of scholarly detective work."--The Atlantic."

Author : Wojciech Roszkowski,Jan Kofman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2563 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317475934

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Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century by Wojciech Roszkowski,Jan Kofman Pdf

Drawing on newly accessible archives as well as memoirs and other sources, this biographical dictionary documents the lives of some two thousand notable figures in twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe. A unique compendium of information that is not currently available in any other single resource, the dictionary provides concise profiles of the region's most important historical and cultural actors, from Ivo Andric to King Zog. Coverage includes Albania, Belarus, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Moldova, Ukraine, and the countries that made up Yugoslavia.

Author : Robert D. Morritt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443821766

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Stones that Speak by Robert D. Morritt Pdf

As a child I would often wonder when I saw an illustration of a stone tablet, and ask myself: What did the inscription mean? How did these people sound when they talked? What would that piece of clay say if it could speak! The enigma of the Phaistos Disc is revisited here in the light of new findings. From the various interpretations of the origin of the symbols depicted on the disc. Kober, Ventris, Chadwick and Bennett, the cryptologists are remembered for paving the way for us to understand the language and culture of early societies. Archaeological excavations, archaic languages and Myths are explored, together with theories of archaic Cretan relations as far away as the Black Sea. If this book enthuses just one person to forge ahead to uncover new information to allow “The Stones to Speak,” then I will be satisfied.

Author : Karen Radner,Nadine Moeller,D. T. Potts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190687571

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The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II by Karen Radner,Nadine Moeller,D. T. Potts Pdf

"The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated survey of the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran) in five volumes, from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander of Great. The authors represent a highly international mix of leading academics whose expertise brings alive the people, places and times of the remote past. The emphasis lies firmly on the political and social histories of the states and communities under investigation. The individual chapters present the key textual and material sources underpinning the historical reconstruction, giving special attention to the most recent archaeological finds and how they have impacted our interpretation. The first volume covers the long period from the mid-tenth millennium to the late third millennium BC and presents the history of the Near East in ten chapters "From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad". Key topics include the domestication of animals and plants, the first permanent settlements, the subjugation and appropriation of the natural environment, the emergence of complex states and belief systems, the invention of the earliest writing systems and the wide-ranging trade networks that linked diverse population groups across deserts, mountains and oceans"--

Author : Harry A Hoffner Jr
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004669086

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The Laws of the Hittites by Harry A Hoffner Jr Pdf

A complete tool for understanding this oldest collection (about 1650 BC) of laws made by an Indo-European people. Incorporating many tablets published since the 1959 edition, and utilizing the latest lexical and grammatical insights, the author presents the text in the "score" format with translation, commentary, glossary, indexes, plates and bibliography.

Author : Harry A. Hoffner Jr.,H. Craig Melchert
Publisher : PSU Department of English
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575065731

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A Grammar of the Hittite Language by Harry A. Hoffner Jr.,H. Craig Melchert Pdf

Hoffner and Melchert’s long-awaited work is sure to become both the standard reference grammar and the main teaching tool for the Hittite language. The first volume includes a thorough description of Hittite grammar, grounded in an abundance of textual examples. Moreover, the authors take into account a vast array of studies on all aspects of the Hittite language. In the five decades since the publication of the second edition of Johannes Friedrich’s Hethitisches Elementarbuch (1960), our knowledge of Hittite grammar has become more detailed and nuanced, especially because of the number of new texts available and the growing body of secondary literature. This first volume in the LANE series fills a serious gap and offers a comprehensive reference for decades to come. The second volume is a tutorial that consists of a series of graded lessons with illustrative sentences for the student to translate. The tutorial is keyed to the reference grammar and provides extensive notes. The printed grammar volume is accompanied by a CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the grammar and tutorial in searchable, cross-referenced, and hyperlinked form.

Author : Pavel S. Avetisyan,Roberto Dan,Yervand H. Grekyan
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784919443

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Over the Mountains and Far Away: Studies in Near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday by Pavel S. Avetisyan,Roberto Dan,Yervand H. Grekyan Pdf

This volume is a tribute to the career of Professor Mirjo Salvini on the occasion his 80th birthday, composed of 62 papers written by his colleagues and students. The majority of contributions deal with research in the fields of Urartian and Hittite Studies, the topics that attracted Prof. Salvini most during his long and fruitful career.