Book contents
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Chronology
- Introduction
- One A Fragmented World
- Two A City at the Fringe?
- Three The Rise of Assyria
- Four A Patchwork Empire
- Five Practising Empire
- Six Rulers of All the World
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Two - A City at the Fringe?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 January 2020
Book contents
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Chronology
- Introduction
- One A Fragmented World
- Two A City at the Fringe?
- Three The Rise of Assyria
- Four A Patchwork Empire
- Five Practising Empire
- Six Rulers of All the World
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The rise of city of Assur constitutes one of the remarkable stories in the history of the Ancient Near East. The city is located in one of the most marginal locations of the Near East, in what would appear to be a most inauspicious place for the development of any city, let alone one that would give rise to a polity that would come to dominate much of the Near East and which lasted for about seven centuries. This chapter aims to discuss how and why the polity of Assur could rise to prominence.
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- The Imperialisation of AssyriaAn Archaeological Approach, pp. 27 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020