Carchemish and the Hittite Empire in the Middle Euphrates Valley
Ancient texts from Hattusa, Ugarit, Emar and Assyria attest to the importance of Carchemish during the period circa 1350–1175 BC as the principal centre of Hittite authority outside Anatolia (Cohen 2017: 300–301; de Martino 2014). In addition to this expansive diplomatic and military remit, which st...
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Zusammenfassung: | Ancient texts from Hattusa, Ugarit, Emar and Assyria attest to the importance of Carchemish during the period circa 1350–1175 BC as the principal centre of Hittite authority outside Anatolia (Cohen 2017: 300–301; de Martino 2014). In addition to this expansive diplomatic and military remit, which stretched from the Mediterranean coast to inland Syria, archaeological evidence demonstrates that the city also possessed a distinct territorial hinterland of its own. South of the modern Turkish-Syrian border this region was surveyed under the direction of Tony Wilkinson, between 2006 and 2010, as part of the Land of Carchemish (Syria) Project.
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DOI: | 10.2307/jj.15136052.18 |