Assyria : the imperial mission
| 1. Verfasser: |
Liverani, Mario
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Winona Lake, Indiana :
Eisenbrauns,
2017.
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| Umfang/Format: |
341 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Mesopotamian civilizations ;
21. |
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| Parallelausgabe: |
Liverani, Mario., Assyria. (Online version:) | ISSN: 9781575067551 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Imperialism : materiality and ideology
- God's will
- Communicating with God
- Holy war and just war
- Exploring and conquering
- The disposable periphery
- Collecting
- Public display
- Marking territory : the steles
- Celebrative inscriptions
- Royal titulature
- The justification of self-defense
- Battles and sieges
- Oaths and their transgression
- Punishment and forgiveness
- Destruction and reconstruction
- Exporting despotism
- Organizing the territory : (a) the city at the center of the world
- Organizing the territory : (b) provinces and governors
- Organizing the territory : (c) from tributaries to deportees
- Organizing the territory : (d) the communication network
- Becoming Assyrian
- Imperial prosperity
- Cultural unification : (a) technology
- Cultural unification : (b) religion
- Cultural unification : (c) language
- Conclusions : (a) the prototype empire
- Conclusions : (b) trajectories of imperialism
- Ancient and modern empires
- Conclusions : (c) celebration and reality
- The view of others.
