| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the scene. The main players: the five great kingdoms. The interaction of the players: imperial administration and international relationships -- The letters and their themes. Letters and messengers. The club of royal brothers. Gift-exchanges. The marriage market. Sending for the doctor -- Historical episodes. The Syrian principalities. The warlords of Amurru. Hittite frontier correspondence. An extraordinary request. Letter to a Mycenaean king. The elusive Urhi-teshub -- Last days. |
| Summary |
From the 17th to the 12th centuries BCE, the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti (the kingdom of the Hittites), Mitanni and Assyria ruled over vast, complex territories. One of the secrets to their control was frequent communication by letter. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Middle East -- History -- To 622 -- Sources.
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Middle East. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 622 |
| Subject |
Middle East -- Kings and rulers -- Correspondence.
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Kings and rulers. |
| Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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| Subject |
Middle East Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Records and correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bryce, Trevor, 1940- Letters of the great kings of the ancient Near East. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 041525857X (DLC) 2003009879 (OCoLC)52159937 |
| ISBN |
0203504984 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203504987 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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1280050837 |
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9781280050831 |
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041525857X |
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