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Record Nr.

UNISA996198781103316

Titolo

State correspondence in the ancient world : from New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire / / edited by Karen Radner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-935478-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Oxford Studies in Early Empires

Oxford studies in early empires

Altri autori (Persone)

RadnerKaren

Disciplina

939.4

Soggetti

Government correspondence - Middle East - History - To 1500

Government correspondence - Rome

Colonies - Administration - History - To 1500

Imperialism - History - To 1500

Middle East Colonies Administration

Rome Colonies Administration

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : long-distance communication and the cohesion of early empires / Karen Radner -- Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom : the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence / Jana Mynarova -- State correspondence in the Hittite world / Mark Weeden -- An imperial communication network : the state correspondence of the neo-Assyrian empire / Karen Radner -- The lost state correspondence of the Babylonian empire as reflected in contemporary administrative letters / Michael Jursa -- State communications in the Persian Empire / Amelie Kuhrt -- The king's words : Hellenistic royal letters in inscriptions / Alice Bencivenni -- State correspondence in the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian / Simon Corcoran.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces the reader to the state correspondences of centralized states and empires of the Mediterranean and the Middle East from the 15th century BC to the 6th century AD, and analyses their role in ensuring the success and stability of these geographically extensive state systems. Letters play an important role in the cohesion



of early empires, by enabling reliable and confidential long-distance communication and by facilitating the successful delegation of power from the central administration to the provinces -- challenges that in the absence of major technological advances rema