| Regime Change in the Ancient Near East and Egypt: From Sargon of Agade to Saddam Hussein Contributor(s): Crawford, Harriet (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0197263909 ISBN-13: 9780197263907 Publisher: British Academy OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2007 Annotation: The manner in which government practices and personnel survive the violent disruption of regime change is an issue of current relevance, yet is a subject which has largely been ignored by modern scholarship. These essays, covering more than four thousand years of history, discuss the continuity of administration and royal iconography in successful changes of regime in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Iran. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Revolutionary - Political Science |
| Dewey: 939.4 |
| Series: Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 7.65" W x 9.81" (1.84 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The manner in which government practices and personnel survive the violent disruption of regime change is an issue of current relevance, yet is a subject which has largely been ignored by modern scholarship. These essays, covering more than four thousand years of history, discuss the continuity of administration and royal iconography in successful changes of regime in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Iran. |