I. The enigma of their existence -- 1. Discovery and wild surmise -- Leander swan from Asia to Europe -- What was known about the Hittites in A.D. 1871 -- What is known today -- Asia Minor: A winter ...
When literacy and empire fell away, a small Hittite elite escaped east and turned a fortified Syrian river city into a lifeboat for their traditions. This chapter follows that quiet survival into the ...