Assyria: the rise and fall of the world's first empire
"In Assyria, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of one of the ancient world's most accomplished civilizations, the Assyrian Empire. Tracing its origins to a minor city state in present-day Iraq, Assyria at its height, around 660 BCE, stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Per...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In Assyria, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of one of the ancient world's most accomplished civilizations, the Assyrian Empire. Tracing its origins to a minor city state in present-day Iraq, Assyria at its height, around 660 BCE, stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, the first empire the world had seen. Breath-taking, belligerent conquest-epitomized in the motto of the seventh-century king Esarhaddon, "Before me, cities; behind me, ruins"- fuelled much of Assyria's growth. But as their power increased, the Assyrians accomplished stunning achievements off the battlefield, too, commissioning the world's first universal library, creating monumental sculpture, and building an elaborate "Royal Road" throughout the empire that allowed the Assyrian metropole, Ashur, to stay in regular contact with its provinces. For three centuries, Assyria reigned preeminent before it suddenly collapsed in 609 BCE, destroyed by the combined armies of the Babylonians and the Medes. Drawing on deep research into Assyrian archaeology, art, and literature, Frahm reveals the enduring influence of Assyria in world history. The empire established a long tradition of war-prone, multi-ethnic conqueror-states, organized into separate provinces and geared towards moving resources on a massive scale from the periphery to the political center. The government of Assyria served, first directly and then indirectly, as a model for future Eurasian empires, from the Babylonian and Persian Empires of antiquity to the Abbasid and Ottoman caliphates of the Islamic period. And its impact extended far beyond politics. For instance, one of the main roots of Israelite monotheism-from which Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all emerged-was the traumatic encounter of the Israelites and Judeans with the autocratic rulers of Assyria. While Assyria ultimately fell rapidly within the span of only a decade, the empire left behind a centuries-long legacy that transformed global civilization. An utterly definitive history, this is the breathtaking story of Assyria, told as never before. It will completely reshape our understanding of the ancient world"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xvii, 509 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Karten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781541674400 |
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| adam_text | Contents List ofAssyria’s Most Important Rulers A Note on Translations Maps vii xi xiii i Introduction THE LONĢ ROAD TO ĢLORY i A Small Town on the Tigris 31 2 Birth of a Kingdom 3 57 Disruption and Recovery 83 4 The Crown in Crisis 107 EMPIRE The Great Expansion 125 6 On the Edges of Empire 153 7 A Ghost Story 177 8 At the Gates of Jerusalem 191 9 Sennacherib’s BabylonianProblem 213 5 235 10 Mother Knows Best ii 253 671 все 12 Scholar, Sadist, Hunter, King v 273
CONTENTS із Everyday Life in the Empire 301 14 Imperial Twilight 323 AFTERLIFE 15 Assyria’s Legacy on the Ground 16 A Model Empire 369 17 Distorted Reflections 387 18 The Second Destruction 409 Epilogue 425 Acknowledgments Abbreviations ofImportant Text Editions Notes Index vi З51 429 431 435 489
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Contents List ofAssyria’s Most Important Rulers A Note on Translations Maps vii xi xiii i Introduction THE LONĢ ROAD TO ĢLORY i A Small Town on the Tigris 31 2 Birth of a Kingdom 3 57 Disruption and Recovery 83 4 The Crown in Crisis 107 EMPIRE The Great Expansion 125 6 On the Edges of Empire 153 7 A Ghost Story 177 8 At the Gates of Jerusalem 191 9 Sennacherib’s BabylonianProblem 213 5 235 10 Mother Knows Best ii 253 671 все 12 Scholar, Sadist, Hunter, King v 273
CONTENTS із Everyday Life in the Empire 301 14 Imperial Twilight 323 AFTERLIFE 15 Assyria’s Legacy on the Ground 16 A Model Empire 369 17 Distorted Reflections 387 18 The Second Destruction 409 Epilogue 425 Acknowledgments Abbreviations ofImportant Text Editions Notes Index vi З51 429 431 435 489 |
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