The Hittites and their Geography: Problems of Hittite Historical Geography
Autor: | Meltem Doğan-Alparslan, Metin Alparslan |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology History 060102 archaeology media_common.quotation_subject 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Genealogy Field (geography) language.human_language Hittite language State (polity) Historical geography language Organizational skills 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Archaeology. 18:90-110 |
ISSN: | 1741-2722 1461-9571 |
DOI: | 10.1179/1461957114y.0000000075 |
Popis: | The Hittite state was founded c. 1650 BC and developed thereafter. The Hittites were able to establish their rule in Anatolia's hostile landscape and overcome the difficulties it presented to create an empire—an objective that they achieved with the aid of their remarkable organizational skills. Despite the frequent occurrence of geographical names in the state archives, only a small number of them can be safely localized and, although Hittitology is a 100-year-old field, the regional names have only recently been determined. This article serves as a general introduction to the Hittites as well as a review of the problem of geographical names, revealing the complexity it presents. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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