Herrschaftslegitimation in Vorderorientalischen Reichen Der Eisenzeit

Hardback Published on: 24/03/2017; Language: German
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Synopsis

English summary: This volume deals with the forms and strategies of rulership legitimation that were developed in the Iron Age kingdoms of the Levant as well as in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Based on iconographic, textual and archaeological evidence, the patterns used for sovereign legitimation in these regions are presented in detail. Particular attention is paid to the cultural interactions that took place between the regions as well as the peculiarities characterizing the individual kingdoms.

German description: Der Sammelband behandelt Formen und Strategien von Herrschaftslegitimation, die in eisenzeitlichen Konigtumern der Levante sowie in Mesopotamien und Agypten ausgepragt wurden. Anhand von ikonographischen, textlichen und archaologischen Zeugnissen werden die Grundmuster herausgearbeitet, mit denen in diesen Reichen konigliche Herrschaft legitimiert wurde. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit gilt den kulturellen Wechselwirkungen, die zwischen den Regionen bestanden, sowie den Eigenheiten der einzelnen Konigtumer. Mit Beitragen von:Claus Ambos, Bob Becking, Angelika Berlejung, Timothy Harrison, Christoph Levin, William Morrow, Reinhard Muller, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Karen Radner, Udo Rutersworden, Paolo Xella

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • ISBN: 9783161548581
  • Number of pages: 315
  • Dimensions: 178 x 248 x 25 mm
  • Weight: 734g
  • Languages: German