Nation and empire as two trends of political organization in the Iron Age Levant
"In Nation and Empire as Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant MEI Hualong offers an analysis of national and imperial ideologies--two political principles that influenced the establishment, consolidation and expansion of trans-local/trans-tribal polities in the Iron Age L...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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| In: |
Culture and history of the ancient Near East (volume 136)
Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East
volume 136 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Levant
/ Near East
/ Political identity
/ Nation (university)
/ Empire
/ History 1400 BC-700 BC
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| Further subjects: | B
Kinship
Political aspects
B Iron Age B Imperialism B Group Identity Political aspects B Thesis |
| Summary: | "In Nation and Empire as Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant MEI Hualong offers an analysis of national and imperial ideologies--two political principles that influenced the establishment, consolidation and expansion of trans-local/trans-tribal polities in the Iron Age Levant. By examining key terminologies, historical accounts and literary sources, MEI argues that the elites of ancient nations may attempt to reshape their political and cultural identity in imperial terms (vice versa, but to a lesser extent). The conceptual transformation from the one to the other is closely related to the political entity's consciousness and understanding of limits and boundaries: political and cultural, real and imagined"-- |
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| Item Description: | Stark überarbeitete Fassung der Dissertation Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 419-460 |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 495 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 900468557X |