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Assur Is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire

Steven W. Holloway

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Assur Is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. To get started finding Assur Is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 628

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

Release: 2014

ISBN: 9047401220

Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Assur Is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. To get started finding Assur Is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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