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International Relations in the Ancient Near East

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Mario Liverani

    1. University of Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations (SID)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. War and Alliance

    1. The Battle of Megiddo

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 116-121

    2. Peace as Mutual Recognition

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 122-127

    3. The Ideology of Protection

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 128-134

    4. The Ideology of Brotherhood

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 135-138

  2. Circulation of Goods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Priority and Continuity of the Redistributive Pattern

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 141-145

    3. Intervention of the Reciprocal Pattern

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 146-150

    4. Accumulation vs. Circulation

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 151-154

    5. Self-sufficiency vs. Interdependence

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 155-159

    6. The Ideology of Life

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 160-165

    7. Hatshepsut and Punt: Trade or Tribute?

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 166-169

    8. Wen-Amun and Zakar-Ba’al: Gift or Trade?

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 170-175

    9. The Annals of Tuthmosis III: Tribute or Gift?

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 176-182

    10. The Origins of Tribute

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 183-188

    11. Equal vs. Unequal Marriages

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 189-195

    12. Conclusions

      • Mario Liverani
      Pages 196-202

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 203-241
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The ancient civilizations of the Near East - Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, the Hittites and Canaanites - constituted the first formalized international relations system in world history. Holy wars, peace treaties, border regulations, trade relations and the extradition of refugees were problems for contemporary ambassadors and diplomats as they are today. Mario Liverani reconstructs the procedures of international relations in the period c.1600-1100BC using historical semiotics, communication theory and economic and political anthropology.

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'...will be of great value both to historians...and to scholars and theorists of international relations.' - Gary Beckman, kiplinger.com

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  • University of Rome, Italy

    Mario Liverani

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MARIO LIVERANI is Professor of History and the Ancient Near East and Director of the Inter-University Research Centre for Saharan Archaeology at the University of Rome and of the Archaeological Mission in the Libyan Sahara. He is editor of Arid Zone Archaeology. He is the author of many books focusing on the Ancient Near East (in both English and Italian) and an active contributor to specialized journals.

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