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Mesopotamian Politics

I. The Argument / The Core / The Narrative

Part VI
Chapter 21

From a Universe of Cities to the Universal City

Marco De Pietri – February 2022

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21.1 Development of the Bond of Solidarity

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21.2 The Dynamic of Sovereignty

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21.3 The Universal City

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21.4 The Expansionistic Impulse

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21.4.1 Territorial Strategy

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21.4.2 First Phase - Reconstitution of the Macro-Region: The Assyrian Ecumene

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21.4.3 Second Phase - Reconstitution of Syro-Mesopotamia: The Aramaic Ecumene

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21.4.4 Third Phase - Reconstitution of the Cosmopolis: The Imperial Ecumene

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21.5 The Role of Personality

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21.5.1 The Concept

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21.5.2 Four Examples

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21.5.3 Relevance

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21.6 The Re-Invention of the Mountain

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21.7 The Longitudinal Fracture in Syria

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21.8 The ‘Houses’ of the Steppe