| Assur Is King! Assur Is King!: Religion in the Exercise of Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire Contributor(s): Holloway, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004123288 ISBN-13: 9789004123281 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $236.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 299.21 |
| LCCN: 2001037605 |
| Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East |
| Physical Information: 1.71" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (2.72 lbs) 628 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |