The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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Page 191
... Hittite Anatolia was clearly the weather god , as befits a country dependent on rain for its fertility ; and under the title " weather god of Hatti " he became the chief deity of the official pantheon , a great figure who bestowed king ...
... Hittite Anatolia was clearly the weather god , as befits a country dependent on rain for its fertility ; and under the title " weather god of Hatti " he became the chief deity of the official pantheon , a great figure who bestowed king ...
Page 192
... Hittites . One tablet tells of a burial ritual for a king or queen that lasted 13 days and in which the body was cremated . In the usual Hittite fashion , the body was initially burned and the fire extinguished with potable liquids ...
... Hittites . One tablet tells of a burial ritual for a king or queen that lasted 13 days and in which the body was cremated . In the usual Hittite fashion , the body was initially burned and the fire extinguished with potable liquids ...
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... Hittite names are attested before 1850 in Kanesh in documents of the older Assyrian colony . In Hattus the population or its rulers may still have been " Hattians " even during the later colony period , but there is no proof of it . The ...
... Hittite names are attested before 1850 in Kanesh in documents of the older Assyrian colony . In Hattus the population or its rulers may still have been " Hattians " even during the later colony period , but there is no proof of it . The ...
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