State correspondence in the ancient world : from New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire

Weitere Verfasser: Radner, Karen , ORC ID
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Oxford studies in early empires
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 10 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : long-distance communication and the cohesion of early empires / Karen Radner
  • Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom : the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence / Jana Mynarova
  • State correspondence in the Hittite world / Mark Weeden
  • An imperial communication network : the state correspondence of the neo-Assyrian empire / Karen Radner
  • The lost state correspondence of the Babylonian empire as reflected in contemporary administrative letters / Michael Jursa
  • State communications in the Persian Empire / Amelie Kuhrt
  • The king's words : Hellenistic royal letters in inscriptions / Alice Bencivenni
  • State correspondence in the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian / Simon Corcoran.