The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest : imperial domination and Its consequences /
Using one of the world's richest archaeological datasets, Avraham Faust reconstructs the outcomes of the Assyrian conquest in the southwestern region of the empire. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of Assyrian domination and the transformations of the diverse political and ecologic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Before the Empire: The Southern Levant in the Eighth Century BCE
- 3. 'Ah, Assyria, the Rod of My Anger': The Assyrian Takeover of the Southwest
- 4. Under the Empire: Settlement and Demography in the Southwestern Periphery of the Assyrian Empire in the Seventh Century BCE
- 5. Prosperity, Depression, and the Empire: Economic Developments in the Southwest during the Seventh Century BCE
- 6. Assyrians in the Southwest? The Evidence for Assyrian Administration and Presence
- 7. The Empire in the Southwest: Reconstructing Assyrian Activity in the Provinces
- 8. Local Responses to the Empire: From Armed Resistance to Integration
- 9. 'They Make a Desolation and They Call It Peace': Re-Examining the Nature of the Imperial Peace
- 10. Empire by Design? Imperial Policies and Planning and the Conquest of the Southwest
- 11. A Province Too Far? The Assyrian Empire, Its Southwestern Margins, and the Dynamics of Imperial Expansion, Conquest, and Rule.