Aššur is king! Aššur is king! : religion in the exercise of power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire /
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| Author / Creator: | Holloway, Steven W. (Steven Winford), 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002. |
| Description: | xxxiv, 559 p., 27 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 10 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4576760 |
| Summary: | Steven Holloway s work is the first monograph devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism. Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive measures such as godnapping", the violent deportation of a vanquished foe s divine images, but also, and this is a far less-studied facet of this topic, by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favored polities, in effect a Marshall Plan aimed at winning over the elite citizenry pivotal to maintaining economic and political equilibrium." |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 559 p., 27 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-501) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004123288 |