King of the four quaters: diversity as rhetorical strategy of the neo-assyrian empire
Recent studies of cultural interaction in the Assyrian empire have focused on the process of assimilation and the production of alterity. In this article, I argue that Assyrian royal rhetoric goes beyond emphasizing simple difference, instead using depictions of cultural diversity to demonstrate the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2019
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Iraq
Year: 2019, Volume: 81, Pages: 107-125 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Assyria
/ The Other
/ Rhetoric
/ Cultural identity
/ Difference
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RelBib Classification: | TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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