The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest : Imperial Domination and Its Consequences
1. Verfasser: |
Faust, Avraham
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Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press USA - OSO,
2021.
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Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (388 pages). |
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Parallelausgabe: |
Faust, Avraham, The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest (Print version:) | ISSN: 9780198841630 |
Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
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Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover
- The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest: Imperial Domination and Its Consequences
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Background
- Empires and the Study of Empires
- The Study Area
- The Assyrian Empire
- The Neo-Assyrian Empire: Brief Summary of Its Development and Basic Periodization
- The Assyrian Empire: Forms of Control
- The Land of Assur and the Yoke of Assur
- The Administration of the Assyrian Empire
- The Land of Assur: The Provincial System
- The Provinces and the Governors
- The Governors' Remuneration and the Local Economy
- The Client States
- The Assyrian Deportation Policy: Causes and Consequences
- From Exploitation to Investment: Scholarly Assessment of Assyria's Rule in the Southwest
- The Sources for the Study
- Archaeology
- Assyrian Sources
- The Bible
- Vernacular Texts
- A Note on Chronology
- The Structure of the Book
- Chapter 2: Before the Empire: The Southern Levant in the Eighth Century BCE
- The Prosperity of the Eighth Century BCE: Historical Background
- Settlement and Demography in the Eighth Century BCE: The Archaeological Evidence
- The Kingdom of Israel
- Galilee
- Northern Valleys
- Samaria (and the Nearby Jordan Valley)
- Gilead
- Central Coastal Plain (Mainly the Sharon)
- Southern Phoenicia and the Northern Coastal Plain
- Southern Coastal Plain
- The Kingdom of Judah
- The Region of Benjamin
- Jerusalem and Its Environs
- The Shephelah
- Judean Highlands
- The Judean Desert and the Dead Sea Region
- The Negev
- Ammon
- Moab
- Edom
- Intermediate Summary
- The Northern and the Southern Kingdoms in the Eighth Century BCE: Some Demographic Comparisons
- The Nature of Urbanization
- Economy
- Social Structure
- Summary
- Chapter 3: 'Ah, Assyria, the Rod of My Anger': The Assyrian Takeover of the Southwest
- Beyond the Horizon: Assyria and the Levant Prior to the Time of Tiglath-Pileser III
- The Assyrians are Coming: Tiglath-Pileser III and the Subjugation of the Levant
- Stabilising Assyrian Control: The Rule of Shalmaneser V and Sargon II
- Holding the Empire: The First Years of Sennacherib
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Under the Empire: Settlement and Demography in the Southwestern Periphery of the Assyrian Empire in the Seventh Century BCE
- Settlement and Demography in the Seventh BCE Century
- The Annexed Territories in the Northern Partof the Country
- The Galilee
- The Northern Valleys
- Samaria (Highlands)
- Gileʿad (Highlands)
- Southern Phoenicia and the Northern Coastal Plain
- The Central Coastal Plain
- Samaria's Foothills and the Aphek-Gezer Area
- The Semi-Independent Kingdoms in the Southern Part of the Country
- The Southern Coastal Plain (Philistia)
- The Kingdom of Judah
- The Region of Benjamin
- Jerusalem and Its Environs
- The Shephelah
- The Highlands of Judah
- The Judean Desert