This book examines the politics of the ancient Near East through archives of letters found in the royal palace of Mari.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. The Mari texts 2. A survey of Mari history 3. The Mari archives and political history 4. A text-based study: comments on methodology Part II. The Tribal World of Zimri-Lim: 5. Tribally organized pastoralists and the Amorrites 6. The primary constituents of the confederacies: Sim'alite gayum and Yaminite li'mum 7. The local leader of tribe and town: the Sugagum in service to the Mari kingdom 8. The chief of pasture: the Merhum 9. The 'Hana' tent-dwellers 10. The other confederacy: the Yaminites Part III. The Archaic State and the Matum 'Land': 11. Urbanism and archaic states 12. The matum: the basic unit of regional politics in the early second millennium 13. Subdividing the major matums: the halsum district 14. Population terminology not tied to political entity 15. Zimri-Lim and the land of the tent-dwellers (mat Hana) Part IV. The Collective and the Town: 16. The towns of the Mari archives 17. The collective face of town or land 18. Elders 19. Heads 20. Words for assembly 21. Imar, Tuttul, and Urgis: old towns with strong collective traditions 22. Mari in third-millenium towns 23. On explaining corporate power Part V. Conclusions: 24. The political world of the Mari archives 25. Before democracy Bibliography Glossaries Indices.
Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. The Mari texts 2. A survey of Mari history 3. The Mari archives and political history 4. A text-based study: comments on methodology Part II. The Tribal World of Zimri-Lim: 5. Tribally organized pastoralists and the Amorrites 6. The primary constituents of the confederacies: Sim'alite gayum and Yaminite li'mum 7. The local leader of tribe and town: the Sugagum in service to the Mari kingdom 8. The chief of pasture: the Merhum 9. The 'Hana' tent-dwellers 10. The other confederacy: the Yaminites Part III. The Archaic State and the Matum 'Land': 11. Urbanism and archaic states 12. The matum: the basic unit of regional politics in the early second millennium 13. Subdividing the major matums: the halsum district 14. Population terminology not tied to political entity 15. Zimri-Lim and the land of the tent-dwellers (mat Hana) Part IV. The Collective and the Town: 16. The towns of the Mari archives 17. The collective face of town or land 18. Elders 19. Heads 20. Words for assembly 21. Imar, Tuttul, and Urgis: old towns with strong collective traditions 22. Mari in third-millenium towns 23. On explaining corporate power Part V. Conclusions: 24. The political world of the Mari archives 25. Before democracy Bibliography Glossaries Indices.
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