Open AccessThe Nature of Geographical Knowledge in Hittite Anatolia in the 18th to 12th Centuries BCE in the Light of Cuneiform Sources
Author(s) -
Adam Kryszeń
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
baf online - proceedings of the berner altorientalisches forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2504-2076
DOI - 10.22012/baf.2017.14
Subject(s) - hittite language , cuneiform , ideology , mythology , ancient history , epic , space (punctuation) , geography , history , function (biology) , literature , art , classics , linguistics , political science , philosophy , politics , law , evolutionary biology , biology
The talk will discuss a new, three-year project that is about to start at the University of Warsaw. It's aim is to investigate selected aspects of the –broadly speaking – Hittite perception of the world on the basis of the original Hittite cuneiform texts. It is organized into five subsequent partial (sub)investigations:
Understanding Hittite space and place. Distribution and function of Hittite geographical determinatives.
The structure and function of borders and border descriptions.
Itineraries and the problem of distance.
Geographical horizon and the role of space and territorial expansion in the royal ideology.
Geography in Hittite epic and myth.