The Hittites : $b The story of a forgotten empireSayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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The Hittites : $b The story of a forgotten empire
Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Hittites
Ephesos, worship of the Mother-goddess at, 113;
green-stone axe-head from, 141.
Ephron the Hittite, 13.
Exodus, the time of, 25, 38.
Eyuk, Hittite remains at, 85;
palace, 85;
avenue of lions, 85;
sphinx at, 85;
double-headed eagle at, 85;
palace gate at, 86;
dado at, 86;
sculptures at, 86;
date of, 87;
height of plateau, 87;
climate of, 87.
Furniture, Hittite, 138.
Galli or eunuchs at Mabog, 106.
Gar-emeris, a district, 14.
Gargamis, _see_ Carchemish.
Gaza, garrisoned by Egyptians, 38.
Gems, Hittite, 118.
Ghiaur-kalessi, sculpture at, 56.
Ghurun, Hittite inscriptions at, 94.
Gladstone, Mr., on Keteians of Homer, 120.
Glove, Hittite, 81.
Gods, Hittite, 35, 104.
Great Mother, the, worship of, 108.
Hadad, worship of, 109.
Hadad-ezer, his war with David, 44.
Hamah, discovery of Hittite remains in, 56.
Hamath, once a Hittite city, 44;
last ruler of, 45.
Hamathite inscriptions really Hittite, 60.
Hebron, inhabitants of, 14;
a Hebrew city of refuge, 114.
Henderson, Mr., buys site of Carchemish, 99.
Herodotos on Karabel sculptures, 54;
on Syrians, 82.
Heth, son of Canaan, 13.
Hittites, false criticisms about, 11;
Scripture references to, 12;
Northern, 12;
Southern, 13;
testimony of Egyptian monuments, 14;
interlocked with Amorites, 14;
physical appearance of, 15;
descendants of, 15;
history of, 17;
of Judæa, 19;
called Kheta by Egyptians, 19;
Great and Little, 20;
pay tribute to Thothmes III., 20;
worship of solar disk, 21;
power of, 23;
treaty with Ramses I., 23;
war with Seti I., 24;
with Ramses II., 24;
at Kadesh, 26;
make treaty with him, 29;
catalogue of gods, 35;
supremacy of, 37;
peaceful relations with Meneptah, 38;
invade Egypt, 39;
their empire broken up, 40;
decay of, 40;
Assyrian references to, 40;
conquered by Tiglath-pileser I., 42;
pay tribute to Assur-natsir-pal, 46;
confederacy against Shalmaneser II., 47;
power of, broken, 48;
change of meaning of name, 49;
doom of empire of, 50;
campaign against Menuas, 51;
against Argistis I., 52;
dominions of, 52;
sculptures of, at Karabel, 54;
remains of, at Hamah, 56;
at Ibreez, 61;
at Aleppo, 62;
at Sipylos, 69;
position of monuments of, 73;
peculiarities of, 74;
civilising influence of, 75;
character of empire of, 77;
dress of, 80;
boots of, 80;
gloves of, 81;
etymology of, 81;
remains of, at Eyuk, 85;
at Boghaz Keui, 87;
text at, 93;
at Merash, 94;
silver mines, 95;
extent of their supremacy, 96;
ignorance of history of Southern, 97;
Syrian conquest of, 100;
appearance of, 101;
mixture of, with Semites, 102;
religion of, 104;
description of a temple of, 104;
the gods of, 104;
holy cities of, 113;
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