Hittite

Overview

The Hittites have several claims to fame: for leaving the earliest written evidence of an Indo-European language, for producing important textual sources for understanding biblical religion and as one of the most powerful empires in the ancient Near East in the 2^nd millennium BCE. In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of Hittite grammar as well as a broad acquaintance with the various genres of text composed by Hittite scribes, including law, rituals, historiography and letters.