Representations of Political Power : : Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East / / ed. by Marian H. Feldman, Marlies Heinz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Beaulieu, Paul-Alain,; Bonatz, Dominik,; Feldman, Marian H.,; Heinz, Marlies,; Jahn, Brit,; Kuhrt, Amélie,; Pollock, Susan,; Pruzsinszky, Regine,
• HerausgeberIn: Feldman, Marian H.,; Heinz, Marlies,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; List of Contributors --; Introduction: Representation-Tradition-Religion --; Part 1. Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption --; Emar and the Transition from Hurrian to Hittite Power --; Frescoes, Exotica, and the Reinvention of the Northern Levantine Kingdoms during the Second Millennium B.C.E. --; Sargon of Akkad: Rebel and Usurper in Kish --; Part 2. Changing Order from Within --; The Royal Cemetery of Ur: Ritual, Tradition, and the Creation of Subjects --; Divine Image of the King: Religious Representation of Political Power in the Hittite Empire --; Nabonidus the Mad King: A Reconsideration of His Steles from Harran and Babylon --; Part 3. Perceptions of a New Order --; Cyrus the Great of Persia: Images and Realities --; The Migration and Sedentarization of the Amorites from the Point of View of the Settled Babylonian Population --; Index of Authors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781575065830; 9783110745269
• DOI: 10.1515/9781575065830?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Marian H. Feldman, Marlies Heinz.

Representation of political power seems to have been necessary at all times in all complex urban societies. To secure order-to construct a certain social, ideological, religious, economic, and cultural stability-seems to be one of the main intentions of representation. When order breaks down or is threatened, political power comes under threat and the cohesion of the community is also in jeopardy. In times of impending change, crisis, or disorder, special effort is required to reassure the community of the rulers ability to maintain stability. What those in power did to convince the affected communities of their qualities as rulers, that is, their representational strategies - especially in times of change - is the subject of this book, explored through examination of case studies drawn from the ancient Near East. The volume is divided into three thematic parts: "Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption," "Changing Order from Within," and "Perceptions of a New Order."