Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Examines dynamic tensions between authority and autonomy across the Achaemenid Persian Empire, providing a valuable new way of considering imperial structure and development. Zusammenfassung This book offers a radical new approach to understanding the Achaemenid Persian Empire and imperialism more generally. Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre shows how the rulers of the Empire constructed a system flexible enough to provide for the needs of different peoples within the confines of a single imperial authority and highlights the variability in response. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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

Zusammenfassung
This book offers a radical new approach to understanding the Achaemenid Persian Empire and imperialism more generally. Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre shows how the rulers of the Empire constructed a system flexible enough to provide for the needs of different peoples within the confines of a single imperial authority and highlights the variability in response.

Inhalt
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.

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