TY  - BOOK
AU  - Liverani,Mario
TI  - Assyria: the imperial mission 
T2  - Mesopotamian civilizations
SN  - 1575067544
AV  - DS71 .L7613 2017
U1  - 935.03 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Winona Lake, Indiana
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Imperialismo
KW  - Irak
KW  - Historia
KW  - Hasta 634
KW  - Asiria
N1  - Simultaneously published in Italian by Laterza; Translation of Assiria : la preistoria dell'imperialismo; Bibliografía : páginas 270-328; Índice : páginas 329-341; Imperialism : materiality and ideology -- God's will -- Communicating with God -- Holy war and just war -- Exploring and conquering -- The disposable periphery -- Collecting -- Public display -- Marking territory : the steles -- Celebrative inscriptions -- Royal titulature -- The justification of self-defense -- Battles and sieges -- Oaths and their transgression -- Punishment and forgiveness -- Destruction and reconstruction -- Exporting despotism -- Organizing the territory : (a) the city at the center of the world -- Organizing the territory : (b) provinces and governors -- Organizing the territory : (c) from tributaries to deportees -- Organizing the territory : (d) the communication network -- Becoming Assyrian -- Imperial prosperity -- Cultural unification : (a) technology -- Cultural unification : (b) religion -- Cultural unification : (c) language -- Conclusions : (a) the prototype empire -- Conclusions : (b) trajectories of imperialism -- Ancient and modern empires -- Conclusions : (c) celebration and reality -- The view of others; P136; P135; P134; P133; P144; P143; P87; P35; P20; P14; P10; P06
ER  -