The Hittites is a readable and attractively illustrated introduction to the history of Anatolia in the second millennium. The balance between the sweep of history and the details of archaeology is nicely maintained. Great for that lost afternoon when you really don't feel like working and there isn't any cricket on the tv.

March 1992

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