Imperialisation of Assyria - An Archaeological Approach

Informationen zum Autor Bleda S. Düring is Associate Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology at Universiteit Leiden. He is the author of The Prehistory of Asia Minor (2010) and co-editor, with Tesse Stek, of The Archaeology of Imperial Landscapes (Cambridge, 2018). Klappentext How can we understand the remarkable success of the Assyrian Empire? This book provides an agent-centred explanation using archaeological data. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the archaeology of the early Assyrian Empire. Using rich archaeological datasets it explores how people participated in this empire and what might have motivated them to do so. It is argued that the empire was successful mostly because it provided incentives to those who participated. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A fragmented world; 2. A city at the fringe; 3. The rise of Assyria; 4. A patchwork empire; 5. Practising empire; 6. Rulers of all the world.

Product details

• Authors: Bleda S. During, Bleda S. (Universiteit Leiden) During, Bleda S. Düring
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781108478748
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47874-8
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Assyria, Assyrian Empires, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology