Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 359 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : maps |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- A. Mari Texts -- B. Survey of Mari History -- C. Note on Prominent Terms -- D. Mari Archives and Political History -- E. Text-Based Study: Comments on Methodology -- 2. Tribal World of Zimri-Lim -- A. Tribally Organized Pastoralists and the Amorrites -- B. Primary Constituents of the Confederacies: Sim'alite gayum and Yaminite li'mum -- C. Local Leader of Tribe and Town: The sugagum in Service to the Mari Kingdom -- D. Chief of Pasture: The merhum -- E. "Hana" Tent-Dwellers -- F. Other Confederacy: The Yaminites -- 3. Archaic State and the matum "Land" -- A. Urbanism and Archaic States -- B. matum: The Basic Unit of Regional Politics in the Early Second Millennium -- C. Subdividing the Major matums: The halsum District -- D. Population Terminology Not Tied to Political Entity -- E. Zimri-Lim and the Land of the Tent-Dwellers (mat Hana) -- 4. Collective and the Town -- A. Towns of the Mari Archives -- B. Corporate Political Tradition -- C. Collective Face of Towns or Lands -- D. Elders -- E. Heads -- F. Words for Assembly -- G. Imar, Tuttul, and Urgis: Old Towns with Strong Collective Traditions -- H. Mari in Third-Millennium Mesopotamia -- I. On Explaining Corporate Power -- 5. Conclusions -- A. Political World of the Mari Archives -- B. Democracy's Ancient Ancestors |
Summary |
Daniel E. Fleming examines the political landscape of the ancient Near East through the archive of over 3000 letters found in the royal palace of Mari. These letters display a rich diversity of political actors, encompassing major kingdoms, smaller states and various tribal towns |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-343) and indexes |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Politics and government
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Openbaar bestuur.
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Oudheid.
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SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090506
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Mari (Extinct city) -- Politics and government
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Subject |
Middle East
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Syria -- Mari (Extinct city)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0511164351 |
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9780511164354 |
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0521828856 |
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9780521828857 |
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0511166281 |
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9780511166280 |
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0511184417 |
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9780511184413 |
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9780511499623 |
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0511499620 |
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1280516062 |
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9781280516061 |
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9786610516063 |
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6610516065 |
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1107404932 |
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9781107404939 |
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0511313012 |
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9780511313011 |
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0511165153 |
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9780511165153 |
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