Gary Michael Beckman (born 1948) is a noted

Hittitologist Hittitology is the study of the Hittites, an ancient Anatolian people that established an empire around Hattusa in the 2nd millennium BCE. It combines aspects of the archaeology, history, philology, and art history of the Hittite civilisation. Ther ...

and Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. He has written several books on the

Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...

: his publication ''Hittite Diplomatic Texts'' and ''Hittite Myths'' were both republished twice—in 1991 and 1999 respectively. As a Hittitologist, Professor Gary Beckman also wrote an article on Hittite Chronology in ''Akkadica'' 119-120 (2000) while he served as an editor of the 2003 book ''Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday''. Beckman also composed a book review of

Trevor Bryce Trevor Robert Bryce (; born 1940) is an Australian Hittitologist specializing in ancient and classical Near-eastern history. He is semi-retired and lives in Brisbane. His book, ''The Kingdom of the Hittites'', is popular among English-speaki ...

's influential book, ''The Kingdom of the Hittites'' in the ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review''. Dr. Beckman participated as an academic advisor for the 2003 Tolga Örnek film "Hititler" (or "Hittites" in English) which discussed the history and culture of the Hittites. In 2008, Professor Beckman reviewed a book concerning "regime change" and their impact upon local societies in the Middle East from ancient times to the modern era. He observed that cultural and administrative changes did not typically happen until approximately two generations (or 50 years) had passed from the overthrow of the previous ruling regime. __NOTOC__

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Source:Gary Beckman
/ref> * ''Texts from the Vicinity of Emar in the Collection of Jonathan Rosen'', (Padova: Sargon, 1996). * ''Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. II. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection.'' (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1995). * ''Hittite Diplomatic Texts. Writings from the Ancient World, Volume 7''. (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996) econd Edition, 1999 * ''The Epic of

Gilgamesh Gilgamesh (, ; ; originally ) was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. He was possibly a historical king of the Sumer ...

'' (Norton Critical Editions'')'', with Benjamin R. Foster and Douglas Frayne (New York: W. W. Norton, 2001). * ''Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. 4.Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection'' (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2000). * ''Hittite Myths'', (co-editor), Scholars Press; 2nd edition (1991)
A Hittite Ritual for Depression (CTV 432) PDF
2007
The Hittites Make Peace PDF
Univ. of Michigan Library, 2014
Chapter 5 Hittite Literature by Gary Beckman PDF
in "From an Antique Land: An Introduction To Ancient Near Eastern Literature" (ed: Carl S. Ehrlich), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2009

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckman, Gary Living people Historians of antiquity Hittitologists 1948 births University of Michigan faculty American Assyriologists

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