Many of the historical works written by the Hittites were primarily works of royal propaganda, according to Professor Henry Hoffner, a notable Assyriologist and Hittotologist and the Executive Editor of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary. Often, their scribes presented a picture of a kingdom geared for chronic warfare, since rulers emphasized military successes in the records. Their official records presented only their public face: there were never any bad rulers and they documented no criticism. Very diplomatic, and we'll see how central formality and diplomacy were to administrative aspects of
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