简介:IntheAmamaAge,contactsbetweenEgyptanditsvassals,especiallyvassalsinthenorthernCanaan,areattestedintheAmamaLetters.Amurruhasoncebeenapowerfulstateintheeyesofothervassals,asisreflectedbytheAmamaLetters.AmongtheAmarnaLetters,therewereatleast78lettersrelatingtoAmurru.JustasMurnanepointsout,“WhenAmurrufirstappearsonthepoliticalmapofSyriainthefourteenthcenturyB.C.,itisnotastheunifiedcountryitwastobecome,butasaloosegroupingofcitystates,eachunderitsownrulers,”thekingdomofAmurrumayconsistedofmanycity-states.
简介:TheJOURNALOFANCIENTCIVILIZATIONS(JAC)ispublishedannuallybytheInstitutefortheHistoryofAncientCivilizations(NortheastNormalUniversity,Changchun,JilinProvince,ThePeople’sRepublicofChina).TheJournalaimstoprovideaforumforthediscussionofvariousaspectsoftheculturalandhistoricalprocessintheNearEasternandMediterraneanworld,encompassingstudiesofindividualcivilizationsaswellascommonelements,contactsandinteractionsamongthem(e.g.,insuchtraditionalfieldsasAssyriology,Classics,Egyptology,Hittitology,etc.).TheJournalwelcomesarticlesdealingwithhistory,philology,art,archaeologyandlinguisticswhichareintendedtoilluminatethematerialand
简介:TheJOURNALOFANCIENTCIVILIZATIONS(JAC)ispublishedannuallybytheInstitutefortheHistoryofAncientCivilizations(NortheastNormalUniversity,Changchun,JilinProvince,ThePeople'sRepublicofChina).TheJournalaimstoprovideaforumforthediscussionofvariousaspectsoftheculturalandhistoricalprocessintheNearEasternandMediterraneanworld,encompassingstudiesofindividualcivilizationsaswellascommonelements,contactsandinteractionsamongthem(e.g.,insuchtraditionalfieldsasAssyriology,Classics,Egyptology,Hittitology,etc.).TheJournalwelcomesarticlesdealingwithhistory,philology,art,archaeologyandlinguisticswhichareintendedtoilluminatethematerialandspiritualcultureofthatregion.ArticlesdiscussingothercultureswillbeconsideredforpublicationiftheyareclearlyrelevanttotheNearEasternandMediterraneanregion.Informationaboutnewdiscoveriesandcurrentscholarlyeventsisalsowelcome.Publishersareencouragedtosendreviewcopiesofbooks