Title In the Garden of the Gods : Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids / Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (275) : illustrations Contents 1. Dying kings in the ANE : Gilgames and his travels in the Garden of Power -- 2. Sacred marriage in the ANE : the collapse of the garden and its aftermath -- 3. Renewing the cosmos : garden and goddess in first millennium ideology -- 4. The Seleucids at Babylon : flexing traditions and reclaiming the garden Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Scribes -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Elite (Social sciences) -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Power (Social sciences) -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Mythology -- Political aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Metaphor -- Political aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Elite (Social sciences) Imperialism -- Social aspects Kings and rulers Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects Metaphor -- Political aspects Mythology -- Political aspects Politics and government Power (Social sciences) Scribes SUBJECT Middle East -- Kings and rulers -- History Middle East -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- History Middle East -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090511 Middle East -- History -- To 622. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090507 Subject Middle East Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 131711776X 9781317117766 9781317117759 1317117751 9781317117742 1317117743 9781315588193 1315588196 9781315588193

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