Representations of Political Power : Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East /

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Representation of political power seems to have been necessary at all times in all complex urban societies. To secure order-to construct a certain social, ideological, religious, economic, and cultural stability-seems to be one of the main intentions of representation. When order breaks down or is t...

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Otros Autores: Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (Contribuidor), Bonatz, Dominik (Contribuidor), Feldman, Marian H. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Heinz, Marlies (Contribuidor, Editor ), Jahn, Brit (Contribuidor), Kuhrt, Amélie (Contribuidor), Pollock, Susan (Contribuidor), Pruzsinszky, Regine (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Temas:
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction: Representation-Tradition-Religion
  • Part 1. Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption
  • Emar and the Transition from Hurrian to Hittite Power
  • Frescoes, Exotica, and the Reinvention of the Northern Levantine Kingdoms during the Second Millennium B.C.E.
  • Sargon of Akkad: Rebel and Usurper in Kish
  • Part 2. Changing Order from Within
  • The Royal Cemetery of Ur: Ritual, Tradition, and the Creation of Subjects
  • Divine Image of the King: Religious Representation of Political Power in the Hittite Empire
  • Nabonidus the Mad King: A Reconsideration of His Steles from Harran and Babylon
  • Part 3. Perceptions of a New Order
  • Cyrus the Great of Persia: Images and Realities
  • The Migration and Sedentarization of the Amorites from the Point of View of the Settled Babylonian Population
  • Index of Authors

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