TY - T1 - Gods in Wars: Divine Support and the Theological Justification of War in Ancient Anatolia and North Syria SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/337044 T3 - A1 - Töyräänvuori, Joanna; Sazonov, Vladimir A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - In this article, the authors examine the divine support and religious justification of wars by Anatolian and North Syrian rulers in the Late Bronze Age, an epoch of international diplomacy. Notable is that many wars and conflicts in the region of Anatolia and North Syria took place in this period, which may have occasioned an increasing need to justify them by appeal to divinities.... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 615 History and Archaeology; Hittites; Syria; Ugarit; kingship; Hittites; Syria; ugarit; kingship N1 - PP - ER -