Steven Holloway's work is the first monograph devoted to Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism. Neo-Assyrian religious imperialism was expressed by punitive measures such as "godnapping", the violent deportation of a vanquished foe's divine images, but also, and this is a far less-studied facet of this topic, by the geographical focus and extent of the material support the Assyrians lavished on favored polities, in effect a Marshall Plan aimed at winning over the elite citizenry pivotal to maintaining economic and political equilibrium.
- ISBN10 9004123288
- ISBN13 9789004123281
- Publish Date 5 December 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 594
- Language English
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