Indo-European linguistics and classical philology
A. A. Nemirovskiy, A. V. Safronov Who destroyed Hattuša? (pp. 699–713)
Author
A. A. Nemirovskiy, A. V. Safronov (Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Pages\n 699–713
Summary\n
The authors consider the question who devastated the capital of the Hittite Empire Hattuša and surrounding territory along Halys River at the beginning of 12 century BC. They draw the attention to the information of the inscription from Medinet Habu about the destruction of Hatti under the attacks of the «northerners» again who came from the Aegean regions (the so-called Sea Peoples). The authors demonstrate that this report could not be the result of Egyptian scribes’ error because of lack of information in Egypt about current events from abroad. They think that it really concerns the fate of the Hittite central area with its capital. Thus, the seizure of Hattusa should be ascribed to the migrants from the Balkan-Aegean region. They can be attributed as the people with tribe-name Μυσ-/moes- that came from the Strymōn river («the (Eastern) Mušku» of the Near Eastern texts). In authors’ opinion, the Egyptian scribes could regard this group of people as part of the Peleset/Philistines who is mentioned among the Sea Peoples (see ancient name of Strymōn river – Παλαιστι̃νος), or they could not mention them especially at all.
Keywords\n
Armenians, Medinet Habu, Mušku, the Sea Peoples, Philistines, Trojan war, Hattuša, Hittite Empire.
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