Life and Society in the Hittite World

Life and Society in the Hittite World

Title: Life and Society in the Hittite World
Author: Trevor Bryce
Release: 2004-09-16
Kind: ebook
Genre: Ancient History, Books, History, Asian History, Middle Eastern History
Size: 9398363
The Hittites were an ancient people (of Indo-European connection) of Asia Minor and Syria, who flourished from 1600 to 1200 BC. Trevor Bryce uses the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries to examine their society and civilization. This book aims to convey to the reader a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to participate in their celebrations, to share their crises, to meet them in the streets of the capital or in their homes, to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of their rituals, to attend an audience with the Great King, and to follow his progress in festival processions to the holy places of the Hittite land.