Nation And Empire As Two Trends Of Political Organization In The Iron Age Levant

Author : Hualong MEI
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004685581

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Nation and Empire as Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant by Hualong MEI Pdf

In Nation and Empire as Two Trends of Political Organization in the Iron Age Levant MEI Hualong offers an analysis of national and imperial ideologies--two political principles that influenced the establishment, consolidation and expansion of trans-local/trans-tribal polities in the Iron Age Levant. By examining key terminologies, historical accounts and literary sources, MEI argues that the elites of ancient nations may attempt to reshape their political and cultural identity in imperial terms (vice versa, but to a lesser extent). The conceptual transformation from the one to the other is closely related to the political entity’s consciousness and understanding of limits and boundaries: political and cultural, real and imagined.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004407671

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Empires of the Sea by Anonim Pdf

Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.

Author : Annick Payne
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589836587

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Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions by Annick Payne Pdf

Hieroglyphic Luwian belongs to the Anatolian group of ancient languages and was inscribed primarily on stone, using an indigenous Anatolian pictorial writing system. These Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions were written over a period of centuries in the region of Anatolia and northern Syria. Their authors were primarily the rulers of the so-called Neo-Hittite states, contemporaries and neighbors of early Israel. This volume collects some of the most important and representative of the inscriptions in transliteration and translation, organized by genre. Each text is accompanied by relevant information on provenance, dating, and other points of interest that will engage specialist and nonspecialist alike.

Author : Gregory E. Areshian
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770517

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Empires and Diversity by Gregory E. Areshian Pdf

For more than four thousand years, empires have been geographically the largest polities on Earth, shaping in many respects the human past and present in different epochs and on different continents. Covering the time span from the second millennium B.C.E. to the sixteenth century C.E., and geographic areas from China to South America, the case studies included in this volume demonstrate the necessity to combine perspectives from the longue duree and global comparativism with the theory of agency and an understanding of specific contexts for human actions. Contributions from leading scholars examine salient aspects of the Hittite, Assyrian, Ancient Egyptian, Achaemenid and Sasanian Iranian, Zhou to Han Dynasty Chinese, Inka, and Mughal empires.

Author : Myriam Ababsa
Publisher : Presses de l’Ifpo
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9782351594384

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Atlas of Jordan by Myriam Ababsa Pdf

This atlas aims to provide the reader with key pointers for a spatial analysis of the social, economic and political dynamics at work in Jordan, an exemplary country of the Middle East complexities. Being a product of seven years of scientific cooperation between Ifpo, the Royal Jordanian Geographic Center and the University of Jordan, it includes the contributions of 48 European, Jordanian and International researchers. A long historical part followed by sections on demography, economy, social disparities, urban challenges and major town and country planning, sheds light on the formation of Jordanian territories over time. Jordan has always been looked on as an exception in the Middle East due to the political stability that has prevailed since the country’s Independence in 1946, despite the challenge of integrating several waves of Palestinian, Iraqi and - more recently - Syrian refugees. Thanks to this stability and the peace accord signed with Israel in 1994, Jordan is one of the first countries in the world for development aid per capita.

Author : Siân Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134767939

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The Archaeology of Ethnicity by Siân Jones Pdf

The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation.

Author : National Intelligence Council and Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543054706

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Global Trends by National Intelligence Council and Office Pdf

This edition of Global Trends revolves around a core argument about how the changing nature of power is increasing stress both within countries and between countries, and bearing on vexing transnational issues. The main section lays out the key trends, explores their implications, and offers up three scenarios to help readers imagine how different choices and developments could play out in very different ways over the next several decades. Two annexes lay out more detail. The first lays out five-year forecasts for each region of the world. The second provides more context on the key global trends in train.

Author : Mark Altaweel,Andrea Squitieri
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781911576655

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Revolutionizing a World by Mark Altaweel,Andrea Squitieri Pdf

This book investigates the long-term continuity of large-scale states and empires, and its effect on the Near East’s social fabric, including the fundamental changes that occurred to major social institutions. Its geographical coverage spans, from east to west, modern-day Libya and Egypt to Central Asia, and from north to south, Anatolia to southern Arabia, incorporating modern-day Oman and Yemen. Its temporal coverage spans from the late eighth century BCE to the seventh century CE during the rise of Islam and collapse of the Sasanian Empire. The authors argue that the persistence of large states and empires starting in the eighth/seventh centuries BCE, which continued for many centuries, led to new socio-political structures and institutions emerging in the Near East. The primary processes that enabled this emergence were large-scale and long-distance movements, or population migrations. These patterns of social developments are analysed under different aspects: settlement patterns, urban structure, material culture, trade, governance, language spread and religion, all pointing at movement as the main catalyst for social change. This book’s argument is framed within a larger theoretical framework termed as ‘universalism’, a theory that explains many of the social transformations that happened to societies in the Near East, starting from the Neo-Assyrian period and continuing for centuries. Among other influences, the effects of these transformations are today manifested in modern languages, concepts of government, universal religions and monetized and globalized economies.

Author : Claudia Glatz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108491105

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The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia by Claudia Glatz Pdf

This book reconsiders the concept of empire and examines the processes of imperial making and undoing in Hittite Anatolia (c. 1600-1180 BCE).

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646797728

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Global Trends 2030 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

This important report, Global Trends 2030-Alternative Worlds, released in 2012 by the U.S. National Intelligence Council, describes megatrends and potential game changers for the next decades. Among the megatrends, it analyzes: - increased individual empowerment - the diffusion of power among states and the ascent of a networked multi-polar world - a world's population growing to 8.3 billion people, of which sixty percent will live in urbanized areas, and surging cross-border migration - expanding demand for food, water, and energy It furthermore describes potential game changers, including: - a global economy that could thrive or collapse - increased global insecurity due to regional instability in the Middle East and South Asia - new technologies that could solve the problems caused by the megatrends - the possibility, but by no means the certainty, that the U.S. with new partners will reinvent the international system Students of trends, forward-looking entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades will find this essential reading.

Author : Barry Buzan,Ole Wæver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521891116

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Regions and Powers by Barry Buzan,Ole Wæver Pdf

This book develops the idea that since decolonisation, regional patterns of security have become more prominent in international politics. The authors combine an operational theory of regional security with an empirical application across the whole of the international system. Individual chapters cover Africa, the Balkans, CIS Europe, East Asia, EU Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, and South Asia. The main focus is on the post-Cold War period, but the history of each regional security complex is traced back to its beginnings. By relating the regional dynamics of security to current debates about the global power structure, the authors unfold a distinctive interpretation of post-Cold War international security, avoiding both the extreme oversimplifications of the unipolar view, and the extreme deterritorialisations of many globalist visions of a new world disorder. Their framework brings out the radical diversity of security dynamics in different parts of the world.

Author : National Intelligence Council (U.S.)
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Balance of power
ISBN : 0160915430

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Global Trends 2030 by National Intelligence Council (U.S.) Pdf

This report is intended to stimulate thinking about the rapid and vast geopolitical changes characterizing the world today and possible global trajectories over the next 15 years. As with the NIC's previous Global Trends reports, we do not seek to predict the future, which would be an impossible feat, but instead provide a framework for thinking about possible futures and their implications. In-depth research, detailed modeling and a variety of analytical tools drawn from public, private and academic sources were employed in the production of Global Trends 2030. NIC leadership engaged with experts in nearly 20 countries, from think tanks, banks, government offices and business groups, to solicit reviews of the report.

Author : Manfried Dietrich,Oswald Loretz
Publisher : Ugarit Verlag
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019395933

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Word-list of the Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places by Manfried Dietrich,Oswald Loretz Pdf

Author : Aaron A. Burke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108495967

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The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East by Aaron A. Burke Pdf

A diachronic, yet nuanced study of Amorite identity from Mesopotamia to Egypt over a millennium of Bronze Age history.

Author : Cal Thomas
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310357544

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America's Expiration Date by Cal Thomas Pdf

A warning and a wake-up call to learn history so we are not doomed to repeat it. A must-read for anyone who longs for a promising future for our great nation. What is wrong with America today? Is it possible that America could crumble and our democracy fail? Questions like these plague Americans and cause us to be anxious about the future of the "land that we love." Individuals may come to different conclusions, but there seems to be a common thread - the deep-seated feeling that we need to improve our country. Our culture is increasingly immoral, the family structure is threatened from all sides, and government programs consistently overreach, creating massive debt. In this powerful and prophetic book, nationally syndicated columnist and trusted political commentator Cal Thomas offers a diagnosis of what exactly is wrong with the United States by drawing parallels to once-great empires and nations that declined into oblivion. Citing the historically proven 250-year pattern of how superpowers rise and fall, he predicts that America's expiration date is just around the corner and shows us how to escape their fate. Through biblical insights and hard-hitting truth, he reminds us that real change comes when America looks to God instead of Washington. Scripture, rather than politics, is the GPS he uses to point readers to the right road - a road of hope, life, and change. Because, he says, if we're willing to seek God first, learn from history, and make changes at the individual and community level, we can not only survive, but thrive, again. This powerful, timely, and much-needed perspective is a must-read for anyone who longs for a promising future for our great nation.