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Review of M. Gander, Geschichte und Geographie Westkleinasiens in der Hethiterzeit

I. Yakubovich

Kratylos 83-87

A review of *Geschichte und Geographie Westkleinasiens in der Hethiterzeit* (Gander), a study of the history and geography of western Anatolia in the Hittite period.

Yakubovich reviews Gander's volume, a revised and expanded version of a doctoral dissertation defended at the University of Zurich in 2017, and says that it presents evidence for the political fragmentation of western Anatolia. Gander relates the name Lukka to classical Lycia, places classical Lycia within the former Lukka lands and connects the Lukka with areas east of Lycia, including inland regions, while rejecting a historical Northern Lykia in the Troad. He locates Luwiya on the southern and southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau and takes the Hittite Laws' replacement of its name by Arzawa as no proof that the two were equivalent; the Arzawan elite's personal names he treats as Luwic without requiring them to be Luwian. Gander concurs with Yakubovich's own view on this point. He also considers identifying the Seha River with the Menderes, which would place the Seha River Land south of Mira.

What it records

  • Gander's volume is a revised and expanded version of a doctoral dissertation defended at the University of Zurich in 2017.p. 83
  • Yakubovich says that Gander's book shows the available evidence does not support an ethnically homogeneous western Anatolia and points to its political fragmentation.p. 86
  • Gander relates the name Lukka to classical Lycia and places classical Lycia within the former Lukka lands.p. 86
  • Gander's book connects the Lukka with areas east of classical Lycia, including inland regions.p. 86
  • Gander does not endorse a historical Northern Lykia in the Troad.p. 86
  • Gander argues that the replacement of the land name Luwiya by Arzawa in the Hittite Laws does not show that the two names were equivalent.p. 87
  • Gander locates Luwiya on the southern and southwestern periphery of the Central Anatolian Plateau.p. 87
  • Gander treats the personal names of the Arzawan elite as Luwic, without requiring that they be Luwian.p. 87
  • Gander considers identifying the Seha River with the modern Menderes, which would put the Seha River Land south of Mira.p. 88

People, places and institutions

People

Places

  • Bogazköy/Hattusalocation of the cuneiform archives
  • Hattusacentre of Hittite rule
  • Luwiyaland name compared with Arzawa
  • Arzawawestern Anatolian principality
  • Lukkaregion and people related to Lycia
  • Lyciaregion related to the Lukka lands
  • Troadproposed location of Northern Lykia
  • Karkisawestern Anatolian location
  • Miraprincipality in western Anatolia
  • Seha River Landregion placed relative to Mira
  • Menderesproposed identification of the Seha River
  • Wilusalocation debated in relation to Troy

Also named: University of Zurich, Melchert.

Defines Luwic

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