The Hittites were an ancient people (of Indo-European connection) of Asia Minor and Syria, who flourished from 1600 to 1200 BC. Using archaeological discoveries, this book examines their society and civilization. It aims to convey a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to share their crises, and more.

Introduction ; Synopsis ; 1. King, Court, and Royal Officials ; 2. The People and the Law ; 3. The Scribe ; 4. The Farmer ; 5. The Merchant ; 6. The Warrior ; 7. Marriage ; 8. The Gods ; 9. The Curers of Diseases ; 10. Death, Burial, and the Afterlife ; 11. Festivals and Rituals ; 12. Myth ; 13. The Capital ; 14. Links across the Wine-Dark Sea

`Review from previous edition This volume provides a comprehensive and highly readable introduction to the culture of the earliest attested state-level society employing an Indo-European language. As such it should be most useful for professional Classicists and ancient historians, as well as for the general reader.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review `Trevor Bryce is the most successful - and responsible - popularizer of Anatolian studies active today. An authority on the Luwians of the second millennium and Lycia of the first, he has already produced a highly readable history of the Hittites and has now presented us with a survey of Hittite culture.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review `Combining lucidity with scholarly rigour and displaying an informed and thoughtful response to the topic, this well-written book will be of particular value to university students and ancient historians. It deserves also to find a place in the wider market.' Times Higher Education Supplement `A readable and up-to-date synthesis which can introduce the wider public to the Hittites as a human society, the author has provided this in a masterly way ... Bryce gets behind the mask of the official records, and gives us the Hittites' inner thoughts ... thoughtful and informative book.' John Ray, Times Literary Supplement `The book is unusual in its avowed aim of communicating the essential experience of being an individual in ancient Hittite society. A vivid writing style sutis this empathetic approach.' Social Anthropology

Fresh approach to the study of Hittite society and civilization, re-creating life in the Hittite world from the point of view of those who actually lived in it Uses recent scholarship and material from archaeological discoveries Extensive quotation from recent translations of original sources Generous number of illustrations

Fresh approach to the study of Hittite society and civilization, re-creating life in the Hittite world from the point of view of those who actually lived in it Uses recent scholarship and material from archaeological discoveries Extensive quotation from recent translations of original sources Generous number of illustrations