Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal ... - Trevor Bryce - Google Books

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From the seventeenth to the twelfth centuries BCE, the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti (the kingdom of the Hittites), Mitanni and Assyria ruled over vast, complex territories. One of the secrets to their control was frequent communication by…