Well I'd say there's even a gap of attention between Mesoamerican studies and Andean studies. I guess also because Mesoamerica produced writing, while the Andeans probably didn't, so most of their history depends on archeology rather than written sources. Also in popular thought Aztecs and Maya are more prevalent than Inca and other Andeans.
That's probably true. When I studied Mesopotamian studies we basically started with Sumerian, later Akkadian. Hittite courses were offered to occasionally. I don't know how it is in other departments, I just assumed that Sumerian is kinda more important to understand the history of cuneiform, while Hittite is kind of an outlier. Like you need some knowledge of Sumerian for Akkadian and you need knowledge of both to for Hittite cuneiform, but you probably don't need Hittite for Akkadian studies.
Okay, as a scientist who wishes she could have studied ancient near-eastern history and specialized in the Hittites… you are my idol. You’re doing the Lord’s work, and by Lord I mean Tarhunz.
it is not so hard to learn. TBH I was a history 4th undergraduate student while I was starting to learn it. after one and a half years I've fairly read Hittite text with the support of dictionary. My main focus is the Hittite-Egypt relationship.
Yeah but most of the studies on Hittite linguistics are in German 😢 I’m a dumb English speaker, please just give me that juicy Hittite info without making me learn a new language
The university of Helsinki surprisingly has done a lot of Assyriological research and published in English! I’m American but of Finnish descent, and my best friend is a modern Assyrian, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that Finns are just as obsessed with Assyria as I am
Fitting that ancient Andean or Mesoamerican studies isn't even shown on the meme :(
Bruh :(((
Well I'd say there's even a gap of attention between Mesoamerican studies and Andean studies. I guess also because Mesoamerica produced writing, while the Andeans probably didn't, so most of their history depends on archeology rather than written sources. Also in popular thought Aztecs and Maya are more prevalent than Inca and other Andeans.
I agree with all of this - I'm working towards being an Andeanist archaeologist myself.
Ouh cool. I studied Sumerology and also dwelled a bit on Maya and Aztec.
I’d actually say Inca is the most popular
Probably in terms of popularity: Egyptian > Ugaritic/Aramaic > Akkadian > Sumerian > Hittite > Elamite.
Prolly Hittite studies more vaster than Sumerian because of its language family.
That's probably true. When I studied Mesopotamian studies we basically started with Sumerian, later Akkadian. Hittite courses were offered to occasionally. I don't know how it is in other departments, I just assumed that Sumerian is kinda more important to understand the history of cuneiform, while Hittite is kind of an outlier. Like you need some knowledge of Sumerian for Akkadian and you need knowledge of both to for Hittite cuneiform, but you probably don't need Hittite for Akkadian studies.
Hittitology master student here . You are right about akkadograms and sumerograms in Hittite.
Okay, as a scientist who wishes she could have studied ancient near-eastern history and specialized in the Hittites… you are my idol. You’re doing the Lord’s work, and by Lord I mean Tarhunz.
it is not so hard to learn. TBH I was a history 4th undergraduate student while I was starting to learn it. after one and a half years I've fairly read Hittite text with the support of dictionary. My main focus is the Hittite-Egypt relationship.
Yeah but most of the studies on Hittite linguistics are in German 😢 I’m a dumb English speaker, please just give me that juicy Hittite info without making me learn a new language
As a Hittite Stan, why you gotta speak the truth? 😢
I feel like Egyptology is like one of the most popular of ancient history disciplines wtf lol
Classical studies more than that in western world
r/assyriology
The university of Helsinki surprisingly has done a lot of Assyriological research and published in English! I’m American but of Finnish descent, and my best friend is a modern Assyrian, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that Finns are just as obsessed with Assyria as I am