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200 10$aCreating an Empire of Informers $eVigilance in the Assyrian Empire and King Esarhaddon's Adê-Covenant of 672 BC
205   $a1st ed.
210  1$aBerlin/Boston :$cWalter de Gruyter GmbH,$d2024.
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327   $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tContents -- $tList of tables -- $tList of figures -- $tChapter 1: Introduction -- $tPart 1: The royal call to vigilance in 672 BC -- $tChapter 2: King Esarhaddon and his empire in the covenant composition -- $tChapter 3: Directing vigilance in the covenant composition -- $tChapter 4: Laying the ideological groundwork for enacting the covenant -- $tChapter 5: Putting the covenant into practice -- $tPart 2: Responses to the call to vigilance -- $tChapter 6: Responses to covenant at Esarhaddon?s court -- $tChapter 7: Responses to Esarhaddon?s covenant in the provinces -- $tChapter 8: Responses to Esarhaddon?s covenant across the client states -- $tChapter 9: Conclusions. Creating an empire of informers -- $tAbbreviations -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Personal Names -- $tIndex of Divine Names -- $tIndex of Place Names -- $tIndex of Ancient Texts
330   $aThroughout history, many states have attempted to harness the attention of their populations for their own ends. This study argues that the Assyrian Empire in the year 672 BC is such a case. In 672 BC, Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, imposed a succession covenant (adê) on his subjects, the inhabitants of the Assyrian Empire. This covenant required the empire?s population to monitor one another, and themselves, for signs of disloyalty to the monarch and his chosen successor, Ashurbanipal. This study examines the aims and outcomes, desired and undesired, of imposing this duty of vigilance across the Assyrian Empire. To consider the presentation and implementation of this duty of vigilance, the study draws largely on evidence supplied by the covenant and other royally-commissioned texts. To examine the outcomes of the covenant?s enactment, meanwhile, it explores cuneiform sources, such as letters to the crown, private legal documents, and literary compositions, as well as the Aramaic Story of Ahiqar and the biblical Book of Deuteronomy. By providing a sustained analysis of the real-world implications and outcomes of the covenant, this book sheds new light on a text that fundamentally altered the political makeup of the Assyrian Empire.
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