Nation And Empire As Two Trends Of Political Organization In The Iron Age Levant
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Author | : Hualong MEI |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2023-11-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004685588 |
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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 | : Filip Čapek |
Publisher | : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2024-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 8024654172 |
Download Archaeology, History, and Identity Formation in Ancient Israel Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When did Israel begin? The origins of ancient Israel are shrouded in mystery and those hoping to explore the issue must utilize resources from three different fields – archaeology, epigraphy, and biblical texts – and then examine their interrelations, while keeping in mind that the name Israel was not used to describe just one state but referred to numerous entities at different times. This book attempts to provide a critical reading of Israel’s history. It is neither a harmonizing reading, which takes the picture painted by texts as a given fact, nor a reading supporting biblical texts with archaeological and epigraphic data; instead, it offers the reader multiple options to understand biblical narratives on a historical and theological level. In addition to presenting the main currents in the field, the book draws upon the latest discoveries from excavations in Israel to offer new hypotheses and reconstructions based on the interdisciplinary dialogue between biblical studies, archaeology, and history.
Author | : Raphael Greenberg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2019-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107111463 |
Download The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An up-to-date, systematic depiction of Bronze Age societies of the Levant, their evolution, and their interactions and entanglements with neighboring regions.
Author | : National Intelligence Council and Office |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2017-02-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781543054705 |
Download Global Trends Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : Annick Payne |
Publisher | : Society of Biblical Lit |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2012-09-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1589836588 |
Download Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2019-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004407677 |
Download Empires of the Sea Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : National Intelligence Council |
Publisher | : Cosimo Reports |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-02-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781646797721 |
Download Global Trends 2030 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : Terje Stordalen |
Publisher | : Equinox Publishing (UK) |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Culture and globalization |
ISBN | : 9781781799123 |
Download Levantine Entanglements Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This cross-disciplinary volume makes the case for the Levant, including the use of the term, as a unit of analysis for the study of cultural production and change over the long-term in the Eastern Mediterranean. It offers a new perspective on the history of this region that overcomes Orientalist approaches and introduces a global history perspective. It posits a way forward for studying the agency of the local as a key to understanding the long-term history of cultural production over the long-term in the region. Finally, it tells the story of the crystallization within the region of a type of sub-imperial power, illustrated by the canonical discourses popularly associated with the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Author | : National Intelligence Council (U.S.) |
Publisher | : U.S. Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Balance of power |
ISBN | : 9780160915437 |
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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 | : Barry Buzan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 2003-12-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521891110 |
Download Regions and Powers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.