The Hittites and their Geography: Problems of Hittite Historical Geography

Alparslan M., Dogan-Alparslan M.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.90-110, 2015 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1179/1461957114y.0000000075
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.90-110
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Hittite, historical geography, Indo-European, second millennium BC, Anatolia, Hattusa
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Hittite state was founded c. 1650 BC and developed thereafter. The Hittites were able to establish their rule in Anatolia's hostile landscape and overcome the difficulties it presented to create an empire-an objective that they achieved with the aid of their remarkable organizational skills. Despite the frequent occurrence of geographical names in the state archives, only a small number of them can be safely localized and, although Hittitology is a 100-year-old field, the regional names have only recently been determined. This article serves as a general introduction to the Hittites as well as a review of the problem of geographical names, revealing the complexity it presents.