Hittite Treaty Research - Eastern Cultural Integration

Author: Ji Xianlin
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: "The Integration of Eastern Culture" was advocated by Professor Ji Xianlin and organized by the editorial committee jointly established by the China Society for the Study of Eastern Culture and the Institute of Oriental Studies, Peking University. This is a global cultural project aimed at the revival and renaissance of Eastern culture in the 21st century. The Hittite Treaties were agreements signed between the kings of the powerful Hittite state on the Anatolian Peninsula and rulers of other small and large countries in the ancient Near East, such as the Pharaohs of Egypt, as well as the vassals of the Hittite kings, around 1500-1200 BCE. The book "Studies on the Hittite Treaties" conducts a comprehensive and systematic research on the Hittite Treaties. Starting from introducing the names of the Hittite Treaties and academic research on them, the dating of Hittite Treaty documents, the history of the Hittite Treaties, and the translation of Hittite Treaty documents, it provides an in-depth analysis and discussion of the types of Hittite Treaties, their basic structures and diachronic changes, the historical and legal value of the Hittite Treaties, the foreign relations and foreign policies of the Hittite kings, as well as the vassal treaties and vassal politics of the Hittite state.