The rise of blood sacrifice and priest-kingship in Mesopotamia: A ‘cosmic decree’?
The first stage of civilization appeared in the Bronze Age with templecentred urban settlements. It is not known why priest-kings were suddenly accepted as hierarchically superior rulers entitled to provisions by their fellows who thereby turned themselves into mankind's first commoners. Sophis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1992
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 1992, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 109–134 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mesopotamia
/ Religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Girard, René (1923-2015)
B King B Victim Religion |
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