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A History of Hittite Literacy: Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC)

Name: A History of Hittite Literacy: Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC)
ISBN: 9781108860161

Theo van den Hout

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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.

Catégories:

History - Ancient History

Année:

2021

Editeur::

Cambridge University Press

Langue:

english

Pages:

448

ISBN 10:

1108860168