Blasweiler J. The Royal family of the early Old Hittite kingdom and their Tawananna’s: cultural history of Central Anatolia c. 1700 - 1600 BC

Arnhem, 2013. — 145 p. — (Anatolia in the Bronze Age). — ISBN: 978-90-820497-0-1.The city Hattusa was rebuild in the end of 17th century BC, and the Old Hittite Kingdom was constructed. Violent conflicts in the royal family started already at the reign of the first Hittite King about 1700 BC. Some intriguing questions about the start of the multilingual kingdom in Central Anatolia remain an item of debate:
Who were the Tawananna’s in the early Old Kingdom ? What was their position and function in the social system of the Land of Hatti? When did a royal person become a Labarna and what did the title or function Labarna mean in the Old Hittite Kingdom?
Does an avuncular succession system fit in with the known data ? How would the royal family look like with an avuncular system in the early Old Kingdom ? Was an avuncular system effective in the royal succession?
Archaeological, historical, religious and social research-data of the Bronze age of central Anatolia are used to answer the questions. Social change and society aspects of this part of the Anatolian history get also some attention.