Table of Contents: Aššur is king! Aššur is king! :

Main Author:	Holloway, Steven W. 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Series:	Culture and history of the ancient Near East, v. 10
Subjects:	Religion and state > Assyria. Assyro-Babylonian religion. Religion et État > Assyrie. Religion assyro-babylonienne. RELIGION > Comparative Religion. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism. Diplomatic relations. Religion and state. Imperialisme. Staat (politicologie) Godsdienst. Expansionspolitik. Assyria > Foreign relations. Assyrie > Relations extérieures. Middle East > Assyria. Assyrien.
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Table of Contents:

Chapter one. Historical perspectives, history of scholarship and the scholars' histories Assyrian religious imperialism in Greek and Biblical sources
Chapter two. Terror in the exercise of empire : coercion and conformity
Chapter three. Diplomacy in the exercise of empire : high finance patronage and high profile manipulation
Chapter four. Analysis of the exercise of empire : the organs of Assyrian imperialism and regional strategies
Appendix one. Prelude to the intellectual and social background of the first British school of Assyriology.