Assur Is King! Assur Is King!

Assur Is King! Assur Is King! Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9789004123281
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 594
Weight: 1234g
Height: 244mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 43mm