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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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- 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)
- Some URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC pilot. Please do not remove these subfields
- 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 version9789088908002 hardbound version
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9789088907982
- Research Call Number
- JFF 21-301