Leopold Messerschmidt on The Hittites

German Orientalist Heinrich Leopold Benno Messerschmidt became curator of the Berlin Museum in 1909, where he organised the Near Eastern Collections. This work on the Hittites was part of The Ancient East series, which aimed to present scholarly research in a brief and understandable manner.

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Leopold Messerschmidt [1870-1911], The Hittites. The Ancient East, No. VI. London: David Nutt, 1903. Hbk. pp.56. [Click to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

1. Hittite History
   1. Scantiness of Sources of Information
   2. Scope of the Name “Hittite”
   3. The Different Branches of the Hittite Stock
   4. The Kheta or Khatti
   5. The Mitani
   6. The so-called “Hittite” Treaty
   7. The Hittite Kingdom of Karkhemish
   8. The Lukki
   9. The Khummukh
   10. The Khilakku
   11. The Kingdoms of Lydia and Cilicia
   12. The Kingdom of Van
2. Hittite Civilisation
   1. Scenes of the Discovery of Hittite Remains
   2. The Hittite Script
   3. The Inscriptions and the Attempts made to Interpret them
   4. Derived Systems of Writing
   5. Remains of Hittite Languages
   6. Physical Type of the Hittites
   7. Dress
   8. Military Organisation
   9. Hunting
   10. Religion
   11. Reliefs bearing on Religion
   12. Architecture
   13. Sculpture
   14. Characteristic of Hittite Art
   15. Technical Arts