Description
| Product ID: | 9781108816496 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A History of Hittite Literacy |
| Subtitle: | Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC) |
| Authors: | Author: Theo van den Hout |
| Page Count: | 453 |
| Subjects: | Historical and comparative linguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Ancient history, Ancient history, Classical history / classical civilisation |
| Description: | For all those interested in literacy and script usage in general and in the ancient world in particular. As the first, comprehensive overview, it sketches the development of literacy and of literature in Hittite Anatolia (2000/1650–1200 BC) and situates them in the history of the kingdom. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-10 |
