The hittites and their contemporaries in Asia minor
Editorial THAMES AND HUDSON
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial THAMES AND HUDSON
- ISBN13 9780500278871
- ISBN10 0500278873
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 176
- Any Edició 1995
- Encuadernació Rústica
Matèries
Història Antiga UniversalThe hittites and their contemporaries in Asia minor
Editorial THAMES AND HUDSON
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
The Hittites were an Indo-European-speaking people who established a kingdom in Anatolia (modern Turkey) almost 4,000 years ago. They rose to become one of the great powers of the ancient Middle Eastern world by conquering Babylon - and were destroyed in the wake of the movements of the enigmatic Sea Peoples around 1180 BC. Macqueen's study investigates such intriguing topics as the origins of the Hittites, the sources of the metals which were so vital to their success, and their relations with their contemporaries in the Aegean world, the Trojans and the Mycenaean Greeks. It also includes descriptions of recent excavations, particularly at the temples and great defensive ramparts of the Hittite capital at Hattusas, modern Bogazkoy.