Bryce Trevor. The World of Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History

Oxford University Press, 2012. — 320 p. — ISBN 978-0-19-921872-1.In the early 12th century, the Late Bronze Age Hittite empire collapsed during a series of upheavals which swept the Greek and Near Eastern worlds. In the subsequent Iron Age, numerous cities and states emerged in south-eastern Anatolia and northern Syria, which are generally known today as the "Neo-Hittite kingdoms." Bryce's volume gives an account of the military and political history of these kingdoms, moving beyond the Neo-Hittites themselves to the broader Near Eastern world and the states which dominated it during the Iron Age.
Divided into three sections, The World of Neo-Hittite Kingdoms looks at the last decades of the empire and the features of these kingdoms and their subsequent treatment under their Anatolian successors. Through a closer look at the individual Neo-Hittite kingdoms and their rulers and a comparison with the contemporary Aramaean states and the other kingdoms of the age--notably the Neo-Assyrian empire --it concludes with a historical synthesis of the Neo-Hittites when the last kingdom was absorbed into the Assyrian provincial administration.Introduction.
Setting the Scene.
The End of an Era.
The Hittite Empire s Anatolian Successors.
Defining the Neo-Hittites.
The Biblical Hittites.
The Iron Age Kingdoms and Dynasties.The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms in the Euphrates Region.
The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms in the Anti-Taurus and Western Syrian Regions.
The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms in Southeastern Anatolia.
The Aramaean States.
Other Peoples and Kingdoms.
The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms in their Historical Context.
The Kingdoms Evolve (12th-11th centuries).
Subjection to Assyria (10th-9th centuries).
Absorption by Assyria (8th century).
Afterword.
Appendix.
Transliterating the Inscriptions.
Neo-Hittite and Aramaean Rulers and Dynasties a Summary List.
The Kings of Late Bronze Age Hatti.
The Neo-Assyrian Kings.