International Relations in the Ancient Near East, 1600–1100 BC

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Inner vs. Outer Territory....Pages 17-22
Universal Control....Pages 23-28
The Boundaries of the World....Pages 29-33
Symbolic Attainment of the World Border....Pages 34-37
The Coexistence of Different States....Pages 38-45
Moving Borders....Pages 46-51
The Boundary as a Watershed for Taxation....Pages 52-56
The Boundary as a Watershed for Responsibilities....Pages 57-65
Runaways and Extradition....Pages 66-70
Messengers and ‘Ambassadors’....Pages 71-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
The One against Many....Pages 79-85
War as Elimination of the Rebels....Pages 86-90
Conquest as a Cosmic Organization....Pages 91-96
Peace as Submission....Pages 97-100
Ordeal by War....Pages 101-107
The Rules of War....Pages 108-115
The Battle of Megiddo....Pages 116-121
Peace as Mutual Recognition....Pages 122-127
The Ideology of Protection....Pages 128-134
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
The Ideology of Brotherhood....Pages 135-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Priority and Continuity of the Redistributive Pattern....Pages 141-145
Intervention of the Reciprocal Pattern....Pages 146-150
Accumulation vs. Circulation....Pages 151-154
Self-sufficiency vs. Interdependence....Pages 155-159
The Ideology of Life....Pages 160-165
Hatshepsut and Punt: Trade or Tribute?....Pages 166-169
Wen-Amun and Zakar-Ba’al: Gift or Trade?....Pages 170-175
The Annals of Tuthmosis III: Tribute or Gift?....Pages 176-182
The Origins of Tribute....Pages 183-188
Equal vs. Unequal Marriages....Pages 189-195
Conclusions....Pages 196-202
Back Matter....Pages 203-241