Cities and the shaping of memory in the ancient Near East
"This book investigates the founding and building of cities in the ancient Near East. The creation of new cities was imagined as an ideological project or a divine intervention in the political narratives and mythologies of Near Eastern cultures, often masking the complex processes behind the s...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ City
/ Founding
/ Collective memory
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| Further subjects: | B
Cities and towns (Middle East)
History
B Collective Memory (Middle East) |
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