Handbook Hittite Empire: Power Structures

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. Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Foreword -- Peoples, Languages, And Written Documents -- 1 Peoples And Languages -- 2 Anatolian Hieroglyphic Documentation -- 3 The Hittite Writing Traditions Of Cuneiform -- Documents -- Environment -- 4 Geographical Prerequisites Versus Human Behavior: -- Settlement Geography, Rural Economy, And Ideological Aspects Of -- Anthropogenic Relations With The Natural Environment During The Second -- Millennium Bc In Central Anatolia -- Power And Governance -- 5 Hatti: From Regional Polity To Empire -- 6 The Governance Of The Subordinated Countries -- 7 Elites And The Social Stratification Of The Ruling Class -- In The Hittite Kingdom -- 8 Religion And Power -- Materiality Of Power -- 9 Building For King And Country: Architecture As A Symbol -- Of The Hittite Empire -- The Hittite King In Written And Visual Evidence -- 10 Hittite Kings: Self-presentation And -- Historiography -- 11 Images Of The Hittite King -- Features Of The Economy Of The Hittite State -- 12 Hittite Economics -- 13 Hittite Pottery: Research, Corpus And Social -- Significance -- Reception -- 14 Rediscovery And Reception Of The Hittites: An -- Overview -- List Of Contributors -- Index Of Names Ed. By Stefano De Martino. Issued Also In Print. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.