Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Oct, 2004

Historical Dictionary Of The Hittites

Charles Burney

Scarecrow Press

4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706

0810849364 $80.00 1-800-462-6420

Compiled, organized and presented by Charles Burney (Retired Senior Lecturer of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Manchester, England) Historical Dictionary Of The Hittites is enhanced with an introductory essay, a chronology, an extensive bibliography, and 32 photographs. A 365-page dictionary style compendium of entries on the civilization that ruled vast portions of Mesopotamia for nearly 500 years, yet which remained largely unknown until excavations of the 19th century revealed the extent of its influence upon the ancient world. A solid resource for students, scholars, and general readers, Historical Dictionary Of The Hittites is practical and easy-to-use, though many of the entry are the names of individual figures, or cities, or terms related to Hittite civilization and thus would be unfamiliar to the lay reader until he or she read the descriptive text.