Local power in old Babylonian Mesopotamia / Andrea Seri.
Local power in old Babylonian Mesopotamia / Andrea Seri.
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London : Equinox, c2005.
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N320.80935/ 1
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English
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xii, 240 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Is Mesopotamian history ... history? -- 2. The Old Babylonian period -- 3. The Rabianum -- 4. The city elders (sibut alim) -- 5. The city (alum) -- 6. The assembly (puhrum) -- 7. Local power and the writing of Old Babylonian history.
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London : Equinox, c2005.
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England
Date Published
c2005.
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"Focusing on local powers changes the traditional manner of looking at the state. This is so because far from being a monolithic entity that unilaterally made decisions concerning people, water, land, and other resources, the state had to deal with local institutions that were not always willing to accept royal decisions passively. The state was of...
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Local power in old Babylonian Mesopotamia / Andrea Seri.
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Studies in Egyptology and the ancient Near East.
Revised version of the author's doctoral thesis, University of Michigan, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-223) and indexes.
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N320.80935/ 1
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74VKv5LRLQ23
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1845530101 (hb)
9781845530105 (hb)
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320.80935
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991021715019702626
