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Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
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Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
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In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state
formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual,
performance, and politics in the ancient Near East. She draws on a
wide range of archaeological, iconographic, and cuneiform sources
to show how ritual performance was not set apart from the real
practice of politics; it was politics. Rituals provided an
opportunity for elites and ordinary people to negotiate political
authority. Descriptions of rituals from three periods explore the
networks of signification that informed different societies. From
circa 2600 to 2200 BC, pilgrimage made kingdoms out of previously
isolated villages. Similarly, from circa 1900 to 1700 BC,
commemorative ceremonies legitimated new political dynasties by
connecting them to a shared past. Finally, in the Hellenistic
period, the traditional Babylonian Akitu festival was an occasion
for Greek-speaking kings to show that they were Babylonian and for
Babylonian priests to gain significant power.
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