Table of Contents

Introduction
1: The Origins of the Hittites
2: Anatolia in the Assyrian Colony Period
3: Territories and Early Rivals of Hatti
4: The Foundations of the Kingdom: The Reigns of Labarna and Hattusili I
5: The Struggles for the Royal Succession: From Mursili I to Muwattalli I
6: A New Era Begins: From Tudhaliya I/II to Tudhaliya III
7: The Supremacy of Hatti: The Reign of Suppiluliuma I
8: A Young King Proves his Worth: The Reign of Mursili II
9: The Showdown with Egypt: The Reign of Muwattalli II
10: The Ill-Fated Reign of the Second-Rank Son: The Reign of Urhi-Teshub
11: Hatti and the World of International Diplomacy: The Reign of Hattusili III
12: New Enterprises, New Threats: The Reign of Tudhaliya IV
13: The Fall of the Kingdom and its Aftermath
14: The Trojan War: Myth or Reality?
A Final Comment

About the Author

Trevor Bryce is Honorary Research Consultant, University of Queensland, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Reviews

substantial and compehensive ... This is a serious work of scholarship and fundamental to study of the Hittites; its updating can only be welcomed. Christopher Burnand and Katherine Clarke, Greece and Rome the standard comprehensive description of Hittite political history in English...provides a well-informed and very balanced picture of current research...highly readable Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70/1 ...an indispensable handbook for Hittite history...this reviewer heartily recommends the revised edition of the Kingdom of the Hittites. By incorporating and discussing a vast corpus of new material, Bryce has provided the field with a useful and up-to-date tool, while the book has lost none of its original quality and it still reads like a captivating novel. Bibliotheca Orientalis