Experiencing Power, Generating Authority : : Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia / / ed. by Antonio J. Morales, Philip Jones, Jane A. Hill.
For almost three thousand years, Egypt and Mesopotamia were each ruled by the single sacred office of kingship. Though geographically near, these ancient civilizations were culturally distinct, and scholars have historically contrasted their respective conceptualizations of the ultimate authority, i...
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Experiencing Power, Generating Authority : Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia / ed. by Antonio J. Morales, Philip Jones, Jane A. Hill. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013] ©2014 1 online resource (480 p.) : 47 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword -- Introduction -- Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia -- Cosmos -- 1 Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State -- 2. "I Am the Sun of Babylon": Solar Aspects of Royal Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia -- 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos -- 4. Texts before Writing -- 5. Images of Tammuz -- Politics -- 6. Building the Pharaonic state -- 7. The Management of Royal Treasure -- 8. 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Though geographically near, these ancient civilizations were culturally distinct, and scholars have historically contrasted their respective conceptualizations of the ultimate authority, imagining Egyptian kings as invested with cosmic power and Mesopotamian kings as primarily political leaders. In fact, both kingdoms depended on religious ideals and political resources to legitimate and exercise their authority. Cross-cultural comparison reveals the sophisticated and varied strategies that ancient kings used to unify and govern their growing kingdoms.Experiencing Power, Generating Authority draws on rich material records left behind by both kingdoms, from royal monuments and icons to the written deeds and commissions of kings. Thirteen essays provocatively juxtapose the relationships Egyptian and Mesopotamian kings had with their gods and religious mediators, as well as their subjects and court officials. 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Experiencing Power, Generating Authority : Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword -- Introduction -- Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia -- Cosmos -- 1 Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State -- 2. "I Am the Sun of Babylon": Solar Aspects of Royal Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia -- 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos -- 4. Texts before Writing -- 5. Images of Tammuz -- Politics -- 6. Building the Pharaonic state -- 7. The Management of Royal Treasure -- 8. Egyptian Kingship during the Old Kingdom -- 9. All the King's Men: Authority, Kingship, and the Rise of the Elites in Assyria -- 10. Kingship as Racketeering -- Landscape -- 11. Mesopotamian Kings and the Built Environment -- 12. Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat: Context and Concept -- 13. "Imaginal" Landscapes in Assyrian Imperial Monuments -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Chronologies for Ancient Egypt and the Near East (ca. 5000 bc-ad 396) -- Appendix 2. Map of Major Egyptian Sites -- Appendix 3. Map of Major Mesopotamian Sites -- Index |
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