A history of Hittite literacy: writing and reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650-1200 BC)
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 Hi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hout, Theo P. J.$cvan den, 1953-, A history of Hittite literacy : writing and reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650-1200 BC)] (2022) (Cammarosano, Michele, 1982 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ittiti
/ Storia 1650 a.C.-1200 a.C.
/ Leggere <motivo>
/ Scrittura
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| Further subjects: | B
Hittites
Civilization
B Hittite literature History and criticism B Hittite literature ; History and criticism B Literacy History To 1500 (Turkey) B Hittites ; Civilization B Literacy ; Turkey ; History ; To 1500 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2021) |
| ISBN: | 1108860168 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108860161 |