The Neo-Assyrian empire in the Southwest: imperial domination and its consequences
Using one of the world's richest archaeological datasets, Avraham Faust reconstructs the outcomes of the Assyrian conquest in the southwestern region of the empire. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of Assyrian domination and the transformations of the diverse political and ecologic...
| Résumé: | Using one of the world's richest archaeological datasets, Avraham Faust reconstructs the outcomes of the Assyrian conquest in the southwestern region of the empire. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of Assyrian domination and the transformations of the diverse political and ecological zones the imperial take-over brought in its wake. Cover -- The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest: Imperial Domination and Its Consequences -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Background -- Empires and the Study of Empires -- The Study Area -- The Assyrian Empire -- The Neo-Assyrian Empire: Brief Summary of Its Development and Basic Periodization -- The Assyrian Empire: Forms of Control -- The Land of Assur and the Yoke of Assur -- The Administration of the Assyrian Empire -- The Land of Assur: The Provincial System -- The Provinces and the Governors -- The Governors' Remuneration and the Local Economy -- The Client States -- The Assyrian Deportation Policy: Causes and Consequences -- From Exploitation to Investment: Scholarly Assessment of Assyria's Rule in the Southwest -- The Sources for the Study -- Archaeology -- Assyrian Sources -- The Bible -- Vernacular Texts -- A Note on Chronology -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: Before the Empire: The Southern Levant in the Eighth Century BCE -- The Prosperity of the Eighth Century BCE: Historical Background -- Settlement and Demography in the Eighth Century BCE: The Archaeological Evidence -- The Kingdom of Israel -- Galilee -- Northern Valleys -- Samaria (and the Nearby Jordan Valley) -- Gilead -- Central Coastal Plain (Mainly the Sharon) -- Southern Phoenicia and the Northern Coastal Plain -- Southern Coastal Plain -- The Kingdom of Judah -- The Region of Benjamin -- Jerusalem and Its Environs -- The Shephelah -- Judean Highlands -- The Judean Desert and the Dead Sea Region -- The Negev -- Ammon -- Moab -- Edom -- Intermediate Summary -- The Northern and the Southern Kingdoms in the Eighth Century BCE: Some Demographic Comparisons -- The Nature of Urbanization -- Economy -- Social Structure -- Summary. |
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| ISBN: | 0192578723 |