Aššur is king! Aššur is king! : religion in the exercise of power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Holloway, Steven W. (Steven Winford), 1955-
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxiv, 559 pages, 27 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 10 Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 10.
Subject:	Religion and state -- Assyria. Assyro-Babylonian religion. Assyro-Babylonian religion. Diplomatic relations. Religion and state. Assyria -- Foreign relations. Middle East -- Assyria. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135917

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ISBN:	1417590920 9781417590926 9004123288 9789004123281 9047401220 9789047401223
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-501) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive measures such as "godnapping", and by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favoured polities. This work is devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism.
Other form:	Print version: Holloway, Steven W. (Steven Winford), 1955- Aššur is king! Aššur is king!. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 9004123288

Table of Contents:

Chapter one. Historical perspectives, history of scholarship and the scholars' histories Assyrian religious imperialism in Greek and Biblical sources
Chapter two. Terror in the exercise of empire : coercion and conformity
Chapter three. Diplomacy in the exercise of empire : high finance patronage and high profile manipulation
Chapter four. Analysis of the exercise of empire : the organs of Assyrian imperialism and regional strategies
Appendix one. Prelude to the intellectual and social background of the first British school of Assyriology.

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