Title In the Garden of the Gods : models of kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids / Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides (Centre for Ancient Cultures, Monash University)

Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Dying kings in the ANE : Gilgameš 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 Notes Ebooks Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-250) and index Notes Print version record Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Metaphor -- Political aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Mythology -- Political aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Power (Social sciences) -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Scribes -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Elite (Social sciences) Imperialism -- Social aspects. Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects. Kings and rulers. Metaphor -- Political aspects. Mythology -- Political aspects. Politics and government. Power (Social sciences) Scribes. Middle East -- History -- To 622. Middle East -- Kings and rulers -- History Middle East -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- History Middle East -- Politics and government. Middle East. Genre/Form Academic theses. Academic theses. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 131711776X 1472428684 1472428692 1472428706 9781317117766 9781472428684 9781472428691 9781472428707

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