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219千字 字数
2015-05-01 发行日期
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一本介绍亚述帝国从城邦到帝国的历史。

内容简介

Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mid-19th century, its cities have been excavated extensively in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Israel, with further sites in Iran, Lebanon, and Jordan providing important information. The Assyrian Empire was one of the most geographically vast, socially diverse, multicultural, and multi-ethnic states of the early first millennium BC.Using archaeological records, Radner provides insights into the lives of the inhabitants of the kingdom, highlighting the diversity of human experiences in the Assyrian Empire.

目录

  • COPYRIGHT
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of illustrations
  • Chapter 1 Introducing Assyria
  • The city-state of Aššur
  • The birth of Assyria
  • The creation of an empire
  • The end of the empire
  • Assyrian history after the empire
  • Chapter 2 Assyrian places
  • Aššur: the god and his sacred city
  • The god Aššur
  • Excavating Aššur
  • The one temple of the god Aššur
  • The city of Aššur after Assyria
  • Kaneš: a 'harbour' in Central Turkey
  • Assyrian trade in Anatolia
  • Kalhu: a capital fit for an empire
  • Excavating Kalhu
  • The king's city and the king's people
  • Dur-Katlimmu: life in the western provinces
  • Integrating the west into the kingdom of Assyria
  • Chapter 3 Assyrians at home
  • Master of the universe: King Esarhaddon
  • A king in grief
  • Two scholars of distinguished birth, with frustrated ambitions
  • Very rich and friends with the king: a landowner from Dur-Katlimmu
  • A wine merchant of Aššur and his customers
  • Chapter 4 Assyrians abroad
  • Family matters at the trading colony of Kaneš, c.1900 bc
  • Envoys to Pharaoh Akhenaten's court, c.1340 bc
  • Banished to the mountains, c.1082 bc
  • An unpopular ambassador, c.710 bc
  • Sibling rivalry: Šamaš-šumu-ukin, king of Babylon, 648 bc
  • Chapter 5 Foreigners in Assyria
  • Role model: Samsi-Addu, conqueror of Aššur, 18th century bc
  • Marduk-nadin-ahhe, Royal Scribe from Babylon, c.1328 bc
  • Royal hostages and an accidental tourist in Aššur, 1112 bc
  • An Iranian family in Aššur, 715–614 bc
  • Two female prisoners of war, sold as slaves, c.645 bc
  • Chapter 6 Assyrian world domination: pathfinder empire
  • The 'hosts of Aššur'—an ancient army you'd rather not join?
  • The blessed king: absolute monarchy
  • Long-distance express communication
  • Counting them as Assyrians: the resettlement programme
  • Knowledge and power: the royal library
  • Map
  • Timeline
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Index
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