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Title: Essential Summary of the Hittites (circa 1950)
Review: There is not a whole lot of general interest action on the Hittites. Despite the fact that they appear in the Bible, the Hittites were basically unknown until the mid 19th century. Since then much of the interest in them revolves around the "are they or aren't they" question of their indo-european origins. Although that question has been resolved in the affirmative, Gurney points out that the link is limited to the grammar of their language, while much of the vocabulary owes a debt to the more civilized people's to the south.Gurney's discussion of the chariot is pretty limited- would have liked more, but I think that debate (where did the chariot come from? who invented it?) dates from after this book was written.
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