The Imperialisation of Assyria
An Archaeological Approach
Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-47874-8 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-47874-8 (ISBN)
This book focuses on the archaeology of the early Assyrian Empire. Using rich archaeological datasets it explores how people participated in this empire and what might have motivated them to do so. It is argued that the empire was successful mostly because it provided incentives to those who participated.
The Assyrian Empire was the first state to achieve durable domination of the Ancient Near East, enduring some seven centuries and, eventually, controlling most of the region. Yet, we know little about how this empire emerged from a relatively minor polity in the Tigris region and how it managed to consolidate its power over conquered territories. Textual sources, often biased, provide a relatively limited source of information. In this study, Bleda S. Düring examines the rich archaeological data of the early Assyrian Empire that have been obtained over the past decades, together with the textual evidence. The archaeological data enable us to reconstruct the remarkably heterogeneous and dynamic impact of the Assyrian Empire on dominated territories. They also facilitate the reconstruction of the various ways in which people participated in this empire, and what might have motivated them to do so. Finally, Düring's study shows how imperial repertoires first developed in the Middle Assyrian period were central to the success of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
The Assyrian Empire was the first state to achieve durable domination of the Ancient Near East, enduring some seven centuries and, eventually, controlling most of the region. Yet, we know little about how this empire emerged from a relatively minor polity in the Tigris region and how it managed to consolidate its power over conquered territories. Textual sources, often biased, provide a relatively limited source of information. In this study, Bleda S. Düring examines the rich archaeological data of the early Assyrian Empire that have been obtained over the past decades, together with the textual evidence. The archaeological data enable us to reconstruct the remarkably heterogeneous and dynamic impact of the Assyrian Empire on dominated territories. They also facilitate the reconstruction of the various ways in which people participated in this empire, and what might have motivated them to do so. Finally, Düring's study shows how imperial repertoires first developed in the Middle Assyrian period were central to the success of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Bleda S. Düring is Associate Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology at Universiteit Leiden. He is the author of The Prehistory of Asia Minor (2010) and co-editor, with Tesse Stek, of The Archaeology of Imperial Landscapes (Cambridge, 2018).
1. A fragmented world; 2. A city at the fringe; 3. The rise of Assyria; 4. A patchwork empire; 5. Practising empire; 6. Rulers of all the world.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.01.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 7 Tables, black and white; 27 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 186 x 260 mm |
| Gewicht | 600 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-47874-3 / 1108478743 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-47874-8 / 9781108478748 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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