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Hattusili, the Hittite prince who stole an empire

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Partner and rival of Ramesses the Great

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"This accessible and gripping biography documents the life and reign of one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers. Hattusili ruled over the ancient kingdom of Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 2nd millennium BC and was a political rival and, at the same time, treaty-partner of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great. Trevor Bryce offers a chronological account of Hattusili, charting the rise of the Bronze Age Hittite prince from a sickly childhood to become - by ruthless ambition, an illegal coup and a civil war - the most powerful ruler of the ancient Near East"-- Provided by publisher.

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'He Will Not Live Long' -- Our Sources -- Benefactors of a Young Prince -- The Prince Goes to Court -- Unseating the Rightful King -- 'And She Gave Us the Love of Husband and Wife' -- 'Uneasy Lies the Head....' -- The Eternal Treaty -- The Royal Mail -- Managing an Empire -- 'Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts' -- 'Bleating in Cuneiform Across the Wine-Dark Sea' -- A Poisoned Chalice -- Hattusili's Reign in Review.

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Bryce, Trevor, 1940-. Hattusili, the Hittite prince who stole an empire

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T22:40:55.207283+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23633064

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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