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Author Holloway, Steven W. (Steven Winford), 1955-

Title Aššur is king! Aššur is king! : religion in the exercise of power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire / by Steven W. Holloway.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 559 pages, 27 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 10
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 10. 1566-2055
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-501) and indexes.
Contents Chapter one. Historical perspectives, history of scholarship and the scholars' histories Assyrian religious imperialism in Greek and Biblical sources -- Chapter two. Terror in the exercise of empire : coercion and conformity -- Chapter three. Diplomacy in the exercise of empire : high finance patronage and high profile manipulation -- Chapter four. Analysis of the exercise of empire : the organs of Assyrian imperialism and regional strategies -- Appendix one. Prelude to the intellectual and social background of the first British school of Assyriology.
Summary Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive measures such as "godnapping", and by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favoured polities. This work is devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism.
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Subject Religion and state -- Assyria.
Religion and state.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Assyria -- Foreign relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Holloway, Steven W. (Steven Winford), 1955- Aššur is king! Aššur is king!. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 9004123288 (DLC) 2001037605 (OCoLC)47140779
ISBN 1417590920 (electronic book)
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