| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction : the construction of the imperial periphery in Neo-Assyrian studies / Virginia R. Herrmann -- At the root of the matter : the middle Assyrian prelude to empire / Bleda S. Düring -- Empire of conflict, empire of compromise : the middle and Neo-Assyrian landscape and interaction with the local communities of the upper Tigris borderland / Guido Guarducci -- The southern Levant under the Neo-Assyrian empire : a comparative perspective / Avraham Faust -- Reaction, reliance, resistance? : Judean pillar figurines in the Neo-Assyrian Levant / Erin Darby -- Dining under Assyrian rule : foodways in Iron Age Edom / Stephanie H. Brown -- Peripheral elite as imperial collaborators / Craig W. Tyson -- East of Assyria? Hasanlu and the problem of Assyrianization / Megan Cifarelli -- In the middle of the sea of the setting sun : the Neo-Assyrian empire and Cyprus : economic and political perspectives / Anna Cannavò -- Neo-pericentrics / Bradley J. Parker |
| Summary |
"Highlighting strategies that Neo-Assyrian Empire applied to manage its massive and diverse empire. Examining various ways those strategies were received by subjects close and far from the center. Studies illustrate how responses to aggression, economic policies, cultural influences differed remarkably demonstrating both destructive and constructive empire roles"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Civilization.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Antiquities
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Imperialism
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Assyria -- Politics and government
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Assyria -- History
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Assyria -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008830
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| Subject |
Middle East -- Assyria
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tyson, Craig W. (Craig William), 1976- editor.
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Herrmann, Virginia Rimmer, editor
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| ISBN |
9781607328230 |
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1607328232 |
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