Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre

Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines dynamic tensions between authority and autonomy across the Achaemenid Persian Empire, providing a valuable new way of considering imperial structure and development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 950g
• ISBN-13: 9781107018266
• ISBN-10: 1107018269
• Artikelnr.: 35499330

Autorenporträt

Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre is an Associate Professor in the Classics Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has published articles in the American Journal of Archaeology, Ars Orientalis, Anatolian Studies and the Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research. She is the author of Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis and Gordion Seals and Sealings: Individual and Society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Governing Anatolia: 3. Controlling Anatolia, guarding the empire
4. Eating and drinking with class and style
5. Dealing with the dead
6. Worshipping the divine
7. Educating the young and old
8. Empire and identity in Achaemenid Anatolia.