From 'LUGAL. GAL' To 'Wanax' : Kingship and Political Organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean

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. From the early 14th century BC onwards, Hittite texts refer to a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelder, Jorrit (Author, VerfasserIn)
Other Authors: Waal, Willemijn (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Sidestone Press , 2019
Online Access:https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5904529
LEADER 04001cam a22004332 4500
001 1683181794
003 DE-627
005 20241221031321.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 191122s2019 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
020 |a 9789088907999  |9 978-90-8890-799-9 
035 |a (DE-627)1683181794 
035 |a (DE-599)KEP047127163 
035 |a (EBL)EBL5904529 
035 |a (EBC)EBC5904529 
035 |a (DE-627-1)047127163 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
100 1 |8 1\p  |a Kelder, Jorrit  |d 1980-  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)1032264691  |0 (DE-627)738182044  |0 (DE-576)379924226  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a From 'LUGAL. GAL' To 'Wanax'  |b Kingship and Political Organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean 
264 1 |a Leiden  |b Sidestone Press  |c 2019 
264 4 |c ©2019 
300 |a 1 online resource (164 pages) 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources 
520 |a 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. From 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. The papers in this volume address this 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. 
520 |a Intro -- Foreword -- Jorrit Kelder and Willemijn Waal -- 'My brother, a Great King, my peer'. Evidence for a Mycenaean kingdom from Hittite texts -- Willemijn Waal -- What conclusions might be drawn from the archaeology of Mycenaean civilisation about political structure in the Aegean? -- Oliver Dickinson -- No kings, no inscriptions, no historical events? Some thoughts on the iconography of rulership in Mycenaean Greece* -- Fritz Blakolmer -- A Great King of Alašiya? The Archaeological and Textual Evidence -- Eleni Mantzourani, Konstantinos Kopaniasw and Ιoannis Voskos -- Die Mykenische Staatenwelt: Zwischen Mykene und Theben -- Michael Bányai -- Epilogue: Kings and Great Kings in the Aegean and Beyond -- Jorrit Kelder and Willemijn Waal -- Lege pagina. 
650 4 |a Electronic books 
700 1 |8 2\p  |a Waal, Willemijn  |d 1975-  |e MitwirkendeR  |0 (DE-588)1049510577  |0 (DE-627)782170412  |0 (DE-576)403495474  |4 ctb 
776 1 |z 9789088908002 
776 0 8 |i Erscheint auch als  |n Druck-Ausgabe  |z 9789088908002 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5904529  |m X:EBC  |x Aggregator 
883 |8 1  |a cgwrk  |d 20241001  |q DE-101  |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 
883 |8 2  |a cgwrk  |d 20241001  |q DE-101  |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 
912 |a ZDB-30-PQE 
951 |a BO 
999 |a KXP-PPN1683181794  |e 3848798972 

Similar Items