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LETTERS OF THE GREAT
KINGS OF THE ANCIENT
NEAR EAST
The Royal Correspondence of the Late
Bronze Age
Trevor Bryce
LONDON AND NEW YORK
First published 2003
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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© 2003 Trevor Bryce
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means,
now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording,
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writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
(Data to follow)
ISBN 0-203-50498-4 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-56985-7 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 041525857X (Print Edition)
CONTENTS
List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
Comparative chronology of the Great Kings
Introduction
Part I Setting the scene
1
2
The main players: the five Great Kingdoms
The interaction of the players: imperial administration and
international relationships
v
vi
ix
1
7
8
38
Part II The letters and their themes
3
4
5
6
7
Letters and messengers
The club of royal brothers
Gift-exchanges
The marriage market
Sending for the doctor
50
51
70
89
100
113
121
123
137
161
178
190
204
214
Part III Historical episodes
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
The Syrian principalities
The warlords of Amurru
Hittite frontier correspondence
An extraordinary request
Letter to a Mycenaean king
The elusive Urhi-Teshub
Last days
iv
Appendix: the Amarna letters
Bibliography
Index
223
228
235

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