1st Edition
Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age
By Trevor Bryce
Copyright 2003
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti, Mitanni and Assyria as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age.
Numerous extracts from the letters are constantly interwoven into the fabric of narrative and... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 Setting the Scene; Chapter 1 The Main Players; Chapter 2 The Interaction of the Players; Part 2 The Letters and Their Themes; Chapter 3 Letters and Messengers; Chapter 4 The Club of Royal Brothers; Chapter 5 Gift-Exchanges; Chapter 6 The Marriage Market; Chapter 7 Sending for the Doctor; Part 3 Historical Episodes; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10 Hittite Frontier Correspondence; Chapter 11 An Extraordinary Request; Chapter 12 Letter to a Mycenaean King; Chapter 13 The Elusive Urhi-Teshub; Chapter 14 Last Days;
Biography
Trevor Bryce
'a very useful chronology... Bryce gathers and condenses an enormous amount of primary literature that allows the reader almost unfettered access to the world of the Late Bronze Age.' - Classics Ireland
