In the Garden of the Gods : models of kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

1. Verfasser: Anagnostou-Laoutides, Evangelia.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2016.
Umfang/Format: 275 pages.
Schlagworte:
Elite (Social sciences) > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Imperialism > Social aspects > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Metaphor > Political aspects > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Middle East > Kings and rulers > Religious aspects > History.
Mythology > Political aspects > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Power (Social sciences) > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Scribes > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Middle East > History > To 622.
Middle East > Kings and rulers > History.
Middle East > Politics and government.
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Online available (Ebook Central)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Laying the groundwork
  • Dying kings in the ANE : Gilgames and his travels in the Garden of Power
  • Sacred marriage in the ANE : the collapse of the garden and its aftermath
  • Renewing the cosmos : garden and goddess in first millennium ideology
  • The Seleucids at Babylon : flexing traditions and reclaiming the garden
  • Synthesis: Cultivating community memory.

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