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usual interpretation, although that would have been difficult enough, since Assyria was a land-locked region in the area of what is now modern Iraq. The implied embargo is apparently directed toward Assyria, with whom the Hittites were at war at that time, rather than toward the Mycenaeans. However, even more interesting is the fact that, for some reason, in the surviving draft of the treaty the name of the king of Ahhiyawa was crossed out from the list of kings whom Tudhaliya considered to be of equal rank with himself: “The king of Egypt, the king of Karadunia [Kassite Babylonia], the king of Assyria, the king of Ahhiyawa.” A line was drawn through the last phrase, thus deleting the king of Ahhiyawa from the list of equal rulers. Why Tudaliya first included, and then omitted, the king of Ahhiyawa remains a mystery . . . perhaps it was a simple mistake on the part of the scribe, who then attempted to erase, or at least cross out, his error. No matter what, however, it is clear that the Ahhiyawans were still a presence in the Aegean, Anatolia, and the Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the thirteenth century BCE, a time when the destruction of the great Late Bronze Age city of Troy was taking or had already taken place. Finally, we should mention that there also exists part of an epic that may be the opening lines of a Luwian poem resembling the Iliad, but written from a Trojan or Hittite perspective. Only a single sentence remains from this possible epic, however, and it is impossible to tell anything more from this single scrap of evidence. 33
LECTURE SEVEN Questions 1. Why is the Assuwa rebellion important for the history of Troy? 2. What is the significance of equating the Ahhiyawans with the Mycenaeans? Suggested Reading FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING Wood, Michael. In Search of the Trojan War. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. Other Books of Interest Bryce, Trevor R. The Kingdom of the Hittites. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Hooker, James T. Mycenaean Greece. Boston: Routledge, 1976. Huxley, George L. Achaeans and Hittites. Oxford: Vincent-Baxter Press, 1960. Latacz, Joachim. Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Page, Denys L. History and the Homeric Iliad. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. Journal Articles Bryce, T.R. “The Nature of Mycenaean Involvement in Western Anatolia.” Historia, 38 (1989) 1–21. ———. “Ahhiyawans and Mycenaeans—An Anatolian Viewpoint.” Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 8 (1989) 297–310. Cline, Eric H. “Hittite Objects in the Bronze Age Aegean.” Anatolian Studies, 41 (1991) 133–143. ———. “A Possible Hittite Embargo Against the Mycenaeans.” Historia, 40/1 (1991) 1–9. Güterbock, H.G. “The Hittites and the Aegean World: 1. The Ahhiyawa Problem Reconsidered.” American Journal of Archaeology, 87 (1983) 133–138. Mellink, M.J. “The Hittites and the Aegean World: 2. Archaeological Comments on Ahhiyawa-Achaians in Western Anatolia.” American Journal of Archaeology, 87 (1983) 138–141. Muhly, J.D. “Hittites and Achaeans: Ahhijawa Redomitus.” Historia, 23 (1974) 129–145. ———. “The Hittites and the Aegean World.” Expedition, 16 (1974) 3–10. 34
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