Online-Ressource
Verfasst von:	Tushingham, Poppy [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Creating an Empire of Informers
Titelzusatz:	Vigilance in the Assyrian Empire and King Esarhaddon’s adê-Covenant of 672 BC
Verf.angabe:	Poppy Tushingham
Verlagsort:	Berlin ; Boston
Verlag:	De Gruyter
E-Jahr:	2024
Jahr:	[2024]
Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (XI, 286 p.)
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Vigilanzkulturen / Cultures of Vigilance ; 10
Schrift/Sprache:	In English
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Frontmatter
	Acknowledgements
	Contents
	List of tables
	List of figures
	Chapter 1: Introduction
	Part 1: The royal call to vigilance in 672 BC
	Chapter 2: King Esarhaddon and his empire in the covenant composition
	Chapter 3: Directing vigilance in the covenant composition
	Chapter 4: Laying the ideological groundwork for enacting the covenant
	Chapter 5: Putting the covenant into practice
	Part 2: Responses to the call to vigilance
	Chapter 6: Responses to covenant at Esarhaddon’s court
	Chapter 7: Responses to Esarhaddon’s covenant in the provinces
	Chapter 8: Responses to Esarhaddon’s covenant across the client states
	Chapter 9: Conclusions. Creating an empire of informers
	Abbreviations
	Bibliography
	Index of Personal Names
	Index of Divine Names
	Index of Place Names
	Index of Ancient Texts
ISBN:	978-3-11-132343-5
Abstract:	Throughout history, many states have attempted to harness the attention of their populations for their own ends. This study argues that the Assyrian Empire in the year 672 BC is such a case. In 672 BC, Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, imposed a succession covenant (adê) on his subjects, the inhabitants of the Assyrian Empire. This covenant required the empire’s population to monitor one another, and themselves, for signs of disloyalty to the monarch and his chosen successor, Ashurbanipal. This study examines the aims and outcomes, desired and undesired, of imposing this duty of vigilance across the Assyrian Empire. To consider the presentation and implementation of this duty of vigilance, the study draws largely on evidence supplied by the covenant and other royally-commissioned texts. To examine the outcomes of the covenant’s enactment, meanwhile, it explores cuneiform sources, such as letters to the crown, private legal documents, and literary compositions, as well as the Aramaic Story of Ahiqar and the biblical Book of Deuteronomy. By providing a sustained analysis of the real-world implications and outcomes of the covenant, this book sheds new light on a text that fundamentally altered the political makeup of the Assyrian Empire
DOI:	doi:10.1515/9783111323435
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Datenträger:	Online-Ressource
Sprache:	eng
(Sekundärform):	Issued also in print
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : print
Sach-SW:	HISTORY / Ancient / General
	Vigilance (Psychologie) - Aspect politique - Assyrie
	Empereurs - Succession - Assyrie
K10plus-PPN:	1887792422
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