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From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax' : kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean

Title
From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax' : kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean / edited by Jorrit M. Kelder & Willemijn J.I. Waal.
Publication
  • Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Kelder, Jorrit M.
  • Waal, Willemijn
Description
160 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
In this book the much-debated problem of political organization in Mycenaean Greece (ca. 1400-1200 BC) is analysed and contextualised through the prism of archaeology and contemporary textual (Linear B, Egyptian and Hittite) evidence. 0From the early 14th century BC onwards, Hittite texts refer to a land Ahhiya(wa). The exact geographic position of this land has been the focus of academic debate for more than a century, but most specialists nowadays agree that it must have been a Hittite designation for a part, or all of, the Mycenaean world. On at least two occasions, the ruler of Ahhiyawa is designated as LUGAL.GAL -'Great King'- a title that was normally reserved for a select group of kings (such as the kings of Egypt, Assyria, Mitanni, Babylon and Hatti itself). The Hittite attribution of this title thus seems to signify the Ahhiyawan King's supra-regional importance: it indicates his power over other, 'lesser' kings, and suggests that his relation to these vassals must have been comparable to the relations between the Hittite King and his own vassal rulers. The apparent Hittite perception of such an important ruler in the Mycenaean world is, however, completely at odds with the prevailing view of the Mycenaean world as a patchwork of independent states, all of which were ruled by a local 'wanax' -King. This papers address the apparent dichotomy and discuss various interpretations of the available evidence, and contextualise the role of the ruler in the Mycenaean world through comparisons with the contemporary Near East.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Local history.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • 5 articles in English; 1 article in German.
Source of Description (note)
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Call Number
JFF 21-301
ISBN
  • 9789088907982
  • 9088907986
  • 9789088908002
  • 9088908001
  • 9789088907999 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2020303203
  • 9789088907982
OCLC
1115126674
Title
From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax' : kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean / edited by Jorrit M. Kelder & Willemijn J.I. Waal.
Publisher
Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
5 articles in English; 1 article in German.
Note
Some URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC pilot. Please do not remove these subfields
Added Author
Kelder, Jorrit M., editor, author.
Waal, Willemijn, editor, author.
Other Form:
9789088907999 e-book version
9789088908002 hardbound version
Other Standard Identifier
9789088907982
Research Call Number
JFF 21-301
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