Hittites

The central Anatolian plateau forms the heartland of Turkey: ochre-hued, cleft by ravines and dominated by volcanic peaks. The boldly contoured steppe has a solitary majesty covered with wheat fields framed by ranks of poplars.
Strongly associated with Bursa - the first capital of theOttomans - which contains the most exquisite examples of cariy Ottoman architecture, Uludag (Mount Olympus) has always attracted people's attentionsince the ancient times and has become the subiect of many legends.
The Southeastern Anatolia Region has a very rich history and cultura l heritage, as can be seen in its magnificent historical sites.

Carefully researched, superbly entertaining and illustrated throughout, Pharaohs is an accessible history of the kings who ruled Ancient Egypt for more than 4,000 years.

In dealing with a wide range of aspects of the life, activities, and customs of the Late Bronze Age Hittite world, this book complements the treatment of Hittite military and political history presented by the author in The Kingdom of the Hittites (OUP, 1998). Through quotations from the original sources and through the word pictures to which these give rise, the book aims at recreating, as far as is possible, the daily lives and experiences of a people who for a time became the supreme political and military power in the ancient Near East.