Ancient History of Western Asia, India and Crete

Bedrich Hrozný (1879-1952) was a Czech orientalist, archaeologist, linguist, and polyglot. He also deciphered the Hittite language and laid down the foundations of Hittite history, culture, and civilization in mainstream academia.

• PrefaceI. The Scene of the Early History of the Near EastII. Sources of the Ancient History of the Near East III. Chronology of the Near EastIV. The Awakening of Mankind: The Stone Age and the Eneolithic Age in PalestineV. Prehistoric Cultures in the Tigris—Euphrates Valley: The Miff- and Obeid PeriodsVI. Prehistoric Cultures in the Tigris—Euphrates Valley: -Nasr PeriodsVII. Sumer, Akkad and Egypt during the Prehistoric Age First Egyptian DynastyVIII. The Caucasus, the Hamito—Semites and the Caspian PeoplesIX. Origin and Original Home of the SumeriansX. Earliest Sumero—Akkadian Dynasties up to the Time of Sargon (about 2900-2400 B.C.)XI. From Sargon to HammurabiXII. Sumero—Akkadian CivilizationXIII. The Hittite and Subarian Peoples—Europeans into Western AsiaXIV. A History of the Hittite and Subarian PeoplesXV. The Civilization of the Hittite and Subarian PeoplesXVI. A History of Ancient India : An Attempt to Decipher Proto-Indian InscriptionsXVII. The Cretan Problem : An Attempt to Decipher the Cretan InscriptionsXVIII. Final Remarks upon the Original Country of the Creto—PelasgiansXIX. The Indo—European Front in the North : Syria and AssyriaXX. The Lights of the EastEpilogueBibliographyGeneral Index