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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors - Mari and Early Collective Governance (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,343
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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors - Mari and Early Collective Governance (Paperback): Daniel E. Fleming

Democracy's Ancient Ancestors - Mari and Early Collective Governance (Paperback)

Daniel E. Fleming

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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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2012
First published: March 2012
Authors: Daniel E. Fleming
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-40493-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Classical Greek & Roman archaeology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
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LSN: 1-107-40493-2
Barcode: 9781107404939

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