ISBN:
9781108494885
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 427 Seiten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hout, Theo P. J. van den A history of Hittite literacy
DDC:
302.22440956
Keywords:
Geschichte 1650 v. Chr.-1200 v. Chr.
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Literacy / Turkey / History / To 1500
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Hittites / Civilization
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Hittite literature / History and criticism
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Schriftlichkeit
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Hethiter
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Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
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Hethiter
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Schriftlichkeit
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Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
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Geschichte 1650 v. Chr.-1200 v. Chr.
Abstract:
Why did the Anatolians remain illiterate for so long, although surrounded by people using script? Why and how did they eventually adopt the cuneiform writing system and why did they still invent a second, hieroglyphic script of their own? What did and didn't they write down and what role did Hittite literature, the oldest known literature in any Indo-European language, play? These and many other questions on scribal culture are addressed in this first, comprehensive book on writing, reading, script usage, and literacy in the Hittite kingdom (c.1650-1200 BC). It describes the rise and fall of literacy and literature in Hittite Anatolia in the wider context of its political, economic, and intellectual history
