| War, Peace and Empire: Justifications for War in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions Contributor(s): Oded, Bustenay (Author) |
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ISBN: 3882262176 ISBN-13: 9783882262179 Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert OUR PRICE: $74.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 935 |
| LCCN: 95186745 |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This monograph aims to present the reasons for going to war as proclaimed in the Assyrian royal inscriptions. The investigation is based on the presumption that we can distill from the professes "casus belli" the basic religious and moral ideas as well as the political ideology of Assyrian kingship and empire. In addition, this study tries to determine the literary conventions employed in presenting the causes for war. This monograph is only the first part of a comprehensive and comparative study on "causus belli" in the royal inscriptions from the Ancient Near East. |