Drawing Distinctions: Assyrians and Others in the Art of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

Between the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the Neo-Assyrian Empire became the largest the world had yet seen. In the process of imperial conquest, the Assyrian state incorporated previously foreign territories and people into their world. Landscapes, materials, and the labor of conquered bodies be...

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Main Author: Miller, Eva (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Studia Orientalia Electronica
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 82-107
Further subjects:B Ashurbanipal
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