THE AMARNA AGE: Western Asia

F.J. Giles

A study of the development of Egyptian foreign policy largely based on the Amarna letters and the Hittite archival material discovered by archaeology over the last century and the connections that can be developed from the data, relating to Egyptian political history.

Dr F.J. Giles studied at Toronto, Chicago and London. He is the author of Ikhnaton, Legend and History (London, 1970)

 

(1997) pb 0 85668 800 2 ACE Studies 5 $90 / £40

CONTENTS

The Discovery and Context of the Amarna Archive

The Chronology of the Amarna Letters

An Historical Analysis of the Letters

The Letters from the Syrian Vassals

The Absolute Chronology of the Amarna Letters

Hittite Sources

Some observations on the archaeology of the Amarna Age in Cyprus and the Levant

Appendix

Addenda

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