The Luwians

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-13009-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 804 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

The Luwians played at least as important a role as the Hittites in the history of the Ancient Near East during the second and first millennia BCE, but for various reasons they have been overshadowed by and even confused with their more famous relatives and neighbours. Redressing this imbalance, the present volume by an international team of scholars offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art appraisal of the Luwians, the first of its kind in English. A brief introduction sets the context and confronts the problem of defining 'the Luwians'. Following chapters describe their prehistory, history, writing and language, religion, and material culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Melchert, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen des Alten Orients
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

H. Craig Melchert, Ph.D. (1977) in Linguistics, Harvard University, is Professor of Linguistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published extensively on the Indo-European languages of Anatolia, including Anatolian Historical Phonology (Rodopi, 1994).