简介:Fromthe17thtothe12thCenturyB.C.theHittiteKingdomwasoneofthemostnotablepowersintheNearEast.Itrangedoveravastgeographicalareadominatingthesurroundingcitiesandsmallerstates.ThroughoutthistimetheHittitesconsistentlydevelopedtheirpoliticalsystemtherebyascendingtothelevelofanempire.Fromsourcespertainingtothisera,itcanbeascertainedthatalreadyintheearlystages,whentheborderswerenotasextended,theHittiteKingdomadoptedthetraditionofsendingtheking'ssonsandprincestothe
简介:KingHammurapiofBabylon(ca.1792-1750B.C.)iswell-knownasaleaderofraregiftsandboldstrategyintheOldBabylonianperiod,whilethedeedsofhisworthyofficialsandgreatgeneralsareovershadowedandlesswellknown.Infact,however,itisnexttoimpossibleforonetobecomeagreatleaderinagreatundertakingwithouttheassistanceofvariousablepersons.Thepresentarticleisanattempttopresentsomeinformationontheroleofoneoftheseofficials,whohelpedtoadministerthegreatempireassembledbyHammurapi.