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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors - Mari and Early Collective Governance (Hardcover, New)
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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors - Mari and Early Collective Governance (Hardcover, New)
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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors examines the political landscape of
the ancient Near East through the archive of over 3000 letters
found in the royal palace of Mari. These letters display a rich
diversity of political actors, encompassing major kingdoms, smaller
states and various tribal towns. Mari's unique contribution to the
ancient evidence is its view of tribal organization, made possible
especially by the fact that its king Zimri-Lim was first of all a
tribal ruler, who claimed Mari as an administrative base and source
of prestige. These archaic political traditions are not essentially
unlike the forms of pre-democratic Greece, and they offer fresh
reason to recognize a cultural continuity between the classical
world of the Aegean and the older Near East. This book bridges
several areas of interest, including archaeology, ancient and
classical history, early Middle and Near East, and political and
social history.
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