The Imperialisation of Assyria: An Archaeological Approach

The Imperialisation of Assyria: An Archaeological Approach
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
A Note on Chronology
Introduction
1 A Fragmented World
	DEFINING EMPIRES
	MODELLING EMPIRE
	EVALUATING EARLY EMPIRES IN MESOPOTAMIA
		An Uruk Empire?
		Elusive Empires: From Akkad to the Mittani
	GEOGRAPHY AND IMPERIALISM
	THE MESOPOTAMIAN PARADOX
2 A City at the Fringe?
	ECOLOGY AND SUBSISTENCE
	THE EARLY HISTORY OF ASSUR
	ASSUR AS A TRADING NEXUS
	IMPERIALISM AND TRADE NETWORKS
3 The Rise of Assyria
	THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
		The Assyrian State between ca. 1520–1430 BCE
		Assur as a Mittani Vassal, ca. 1430–1360 BCE
		Assyria as a Minor State, ca. 1360–1300 BCE
		Assyria as a Minor Empire, ca. 1300–1200 BCE
		Assyria in the ‘Dark Ages’, ca. 1200–930 BCE
		The Emergence of Assyria
	THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EARLY ASSYRIAN CORE
		Building Projects at Assur
		The Assyrian ‘Stelenreihe’
		Houses in Late Bronze Age Assur
		Burials at Assur in the Late Bronze Age
		The Hinterland of Assur
	THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASSYRIAN CORE
4 A Patchwork Empire
	A REGIONAL APPROACH
		The Middle Assyrian Impact on the Assyrian Triangle
		The Middle Assyrian Impact on the Upper Khabur
		The Middle Assyrian Impact on the Lower Khabur
		The Middle Assyrian Impact along the Middle Euphrates
		The Middle Assyrian Impact on the Upper Tigris Region
		The Middle Assyrian Impact on the Balikh/Jullab Valley
		A Patchwork Empire
5 Practising Empire
	IMPERIAL AGENTS
	NON-IMPERIAL AGENTS
	IMPERIAL MEANS
	IMPERIAL INCENTIVES
	ART AND APPEARANCE
	CONSUMABLES
	HYGIENE AND SEX
	DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS
	BURIAL TRADITIONS
	AN ASSYRIAN CULTURE OF EMPIRE?
	PRACTISING EMPIRE
6 Rulers of All the World
	THE CRISIS CENTURIES
	ASSYRIA BETWEEN 1200–900 BCE
	COMPARING IMPERIAL REPERTOIRES IN THE MIDDLE AND NEO-ASSYRIAN PERIODS
	RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY: THE RISE OF ASSYRIAN SUPREMACY
	THE ASSYRIAN LEGACY
Concnclusions
Bibliography
Index