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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Main Author: DeGrado, J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2019
In: Iraq
Year: 2019, Volume: 81, Pages: 107-125
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Assyria / The Other / Rhetoric / Cultural identity / Difference
RelBib Classification:TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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