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Index
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Introduction
Gaps in Knowledge
How Do We Know About the Hittites?
The Legacy of the Hittites
Chapter 1 – The Origin of the Hittites in the Bronze Age
What Was the Bronze Age?
Movement into Anatolia
Cuneiform Script
The Average Hittite
Government
Establishment of a Hittite Kingdom
Chapter 2 – The Formation of the Old Kingdom, 1700 – 1500 BCE
Hattusili I and Mursili I
Inefficient Monarchs and Decline
Telipinu
The Obscure Phase
The Short Middle Kingdom
Chapter 3 – The New Kingdom, 1400 – 1200 BCE
Tudhaliya I
Suppiluliuma I
Mursili II
The Hittite Empire During the Reign of Mursili II
Chapter 4 – The Downfall of the Hittites
Conflict with Egypt
The Assyrian Scourge
Marriage and Alliance with Egypt
Return of the Assyrians
The Sea Peoples
The Final Blow
The Differences Between the Old Hittite and Neo-Hittite Kingdoms
Iconography and Architecture
The Aramaean and Luwian Influence Continued
The Neo-Assyrian Empire
Chapter 6 – Art, Symbolism, and Role in the Bible
Animals
Stone Reliefs
Hittites in the Bible
Chapter 7 – Legal and Daily Life of the Hittites
Housing
Clothing
Medicine
Food
Evolution of the Law
Chapter 8 – Military Structure
The Feudal System
The Feudal System’s Effects
Introduction to the Battle of Kadesh and the Decimal System
The Phalanx
Munitions and Armaments
The Battle of Kadesh Explained
Chapter 9 – The Rituals and Mythology of the Ancient Hittites
The Hierarchy of the Gods
Kumarbi
Tarhunt
Arinna
Telipinu
Cults and Priests – The Structure of Hittite Religion
Conclusion – Why Are the Hittites Important?
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