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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449977003321

Autore

Holloway Steven W (Steven Winford), <1955->

Titolo

Aššur is king! Aššur is king! [[electronic resource] ] : religion in the exercise of power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire / / by Steven W. Holloway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2002

ISBN

1-280-46647-2

9786610466474

1-4175-9092-0

90-474-0122-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (628 pages)

Collana

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, , 1566-2055 ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

299/.21

Soggetti

Religion and state - Assyria

Assyro-Babylonian religion

Electronic books.

Assyria Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-501) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Textual Abbreviations; Other Abbreviations and Symbols; Excavation, Collection, and Museum Sigla; Chapter One: Historical Perspectives, History of Scholarship and the Scholars' Histories Assyrian Religious Imperialism in Greek and Biblical Sources; Chapter Two: Terror in the Exercise of Empire: Coercion and Conformity; Chapter Three: Diplomacy in the Exercise of Empire: High Finance Patronage and High Profile Manipulation

Chapter Four: Analysis of the Exercise of Empire: The Organs of Assyrian Imperialism and Regional StrategiesAppendix One: Prelude to the Intellectual and Social Background of the First British School of Assyriology; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Divine Names; Index of Personal Names; Index of Place Names; Index of General Subjects; Index of Temple Names; Index of Text and Object Citations; Maps and Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive



measures such as "godnapping", and by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favored polities. This work is devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism.