Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near EastMarlies Heinz, Marian H. Feldman Eisenbrauns, 2007 - 212 pagina's "Representation of political power seems to have been necessary at all times in all complex urban societies. To secure order - to construct a certain social, ideological, religious, economic, and cultural stability - seems to be one of the main intentions of representation. When order breaks down or is threatened, political power comes under threat, and the cohesion of the community is also in jeopardy." "In times of impending change, crisis, or disorder, special effort is required to reassure the community of the rulers' ability to maintain stability. What those in power did to convince the affected communities of their qualities as rulers, that is, their representational strategies - especially in times of change - is the subject of this book, explored through examination of case studies drawn from the ancient Near East. The volume is divided into three thematic parts: "Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption," "Changing Order from Within," and "Perceptions of New Order.""--BOOK JACKET. |
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Achaemenid Aegean Akkad Akkadian Alaca Höyük Alalakh Amorites Ancient Near East appears Archaeology architectural Assyrian Assyriologie Babylon Babylonian Bogazköy burial Carchemis conquered cult cultural cuneiform Cyrus Cyrus Cylinder Cyrus’s death deity divine documents dynasty Early Dynastic Ebla elite Emar Empire Enlil evidence Excavations feasts Figure frescoes gods Harran Stele History Hittite king household Hurrian Ibbi-Suªen ideology inscriptions Kabri king’s kingship Kish Kuhrt land Late Bronze Age Levant Levantine Liªmi-sarra lugal Marduk Mari Mesopotamia Middle Bronze Age moon-god motif Nabonidus Nabonidus’s Nabû Neve Niemeier Ninurta nomadic Nusku palace Pasargadae period Persian political population Qatna rebellion reference region reign religion religious representation ritual rock reliefs Royal Cemetery royal tombs ruler ruling Sargon Schaudig seal second millennium Shuppiluliuma Sîn social society structures Sumerian symbol Syria tablets temple texts tion tradition Tuthaliya Ugarit urban Uruk Verse Account wall paintings Woolley Yamhad Yazılıkaya