(A)synchronic (Re)actions : Crises and Their Perception in Hittite History

Marta Pallavidini

ISBN 10: 3111712125 / ISBN 13: 9783111712123

Published by De Gruyter, Einstein Center Chronoi, 2025

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Neuware - This book aims to study the perception of crises in Hittite Anatolia (1650-1180 BCE) from different perspectives: the one of the Hittites, the one of the neighboring polities, and ours as historians. Two concepts will be discussed in the introduction of the book: crisis and (a)synchronicity. The book has the goal to show - considering the written sources available from the Hittite kingdom - that in some cases, the perception of a crisis is asynchronic even in the same temporal frame. Regarding our perspective as historian, asynchronicity is at work since the temporal frame are far apart, yet if we rely on and correctly interpret the sources available to us, it becomes clear that we might perceive a crisis in Hittite Anatolia more synchronically than expected. Finally, even the perception of the Hittites can be both asynchronic and synchronic, since it is possible that they misinterpreted the signs of an actual crisis and perceived it only after the crisis took place or even after it ended. The book will consider four case-studies that are considered key moments in Hittite history. The final goal is to re-define crises in Hittite Anatolia considering the multi-temporality of the (a)synchronic perception of crises.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (A)synchronic (Re)actions : Crises and Their Perception in Hittite History
• Publisher: De Gruyter, Einstein Center Chronoi
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3111712125
• ISBN 13: 9783111712123
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 150H x 10D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 157 grams

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Synopsis

This book aims to study the perception of crises in Hittite Anatolia (1650–1180 BCE) from different perspectives: the one of the Hittites, the one of the neighboring polities, and ours as historians. Two concepts will be discussed in the introduction of the book: crisis and (a)synchronicity. The book has the goal to show – considering the written sources available from the Hittite kingdom – that in some cases, the perception of a crisis is asynchronic even in the same temporal frame. Regarding our perspective as historian, asynchronicity is at work since the temporal frame are far apart, yet if we rely on and correctly interpret the sources available to us, it becomes clear that we might perceive a crisis in Hittite Anatolia more synchronically than expected. Finally, even the perception of the Hittites can be both asynchronic and synchronic, since it is possible that they misinterpreted the signs of an actual crisis and perceived it only after the crisis took place or even after it ended. The book will consider four case-studies that are considered key moments in Hittite history. The final goal is to re-define crises in Hittite Anatolia considering the multi-temporality of the (a)synchronic perception of crises.

About the Author

Marta Pallavidini, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.