MOGENS TROLLE LARSEN -- Professor at Copenhagen University

All of our documentation stems from private merchant archives, where political events are referred  to rarely, and if they are mentioned at all, it is only in passing as an explanation for troubles in communications for the caravan trade.  A typical type of reference uses the word for ‘revolt’, which indicates that there must have been factional troubles in the Anatolian states, but how much can one build on such flimsy evidence?

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STEVEN W. HOLLOWAY -- Researcher at American Theological  Library Association

Dear Jonathan,

What will probably come closest to answering your need is a handful of royal inscriptions that come perilously close to admitting that the reigning king obtained his throne through exploiting factions, including fomenting civil war.  Understand that the entire question of the "audience" for these inscriptions, apart from the gods for whom they were dedicated, is speculative, and that in most cases we have no corroborative correspondence.,,,

Your thesis is sound enough -- the problem is partial evidence repurposed for other imperial needs.

Hope this helps.

Steven

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