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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Kingdom of the Hittites (1998)di Trevor Bryce
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I skimmed this book, did not read it completely. Not because it is a bad book. Only because it isn't written for someone like me with only a superficial curiosity. I like pictures of artifacts and stories of the discoveries and the people. There are no pictures in this, and it is very detailed about the political history, loaded with references and disclaimers throughout informing the reader that not all scholars agree. There are a few chapters I read, like the one on Troy. The author writes well, and the research is well documented. More than that I can not tell you because I do not have the expertise. A fantastic book. Professor Bryce was one of my undergraduate lecturers and he is THE world No. 1 expert on the Hittites. Not a dry text at all, but really brings the story of the Hittite kings to life. Should ideally be read in conjunction with watching the excellent docudrama film The Hittites, directed by Tolga Ornek (2003), for which Professor Bryce was an adviser. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro Wikipedia in inglese (22)This work explores how the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reaching from the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. It looks at how, in the 14th century BC, they became the supreme political power in the Near East. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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That fall, of course, is a main component of the "Bronze Age Collapse"; Bryce discusses possible causes without coming down definitely for any particular explanation. Considering the previous history of the kingdom, whose fortunes had waxed and wanted violently over the centuries of its existence, one might be tempted to think it had just run out of luck. But that of course doesn't explain why other polities across the Near East and Greece should fall or decline approximately simultaneously.
It's a good book.