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Mesopotamian Politics

Notes

Notes to Chapter 9. A Jump in Quality: The Imperial Experiment

April 2024

9.1 The Empire as a Heterogenous Aggregation
9.2 Dynamics and Constants of Development
9.3 The Titles of the Kings of Akkad
9.4 Knowledge of Media
9.5 The Institutionalization of Conflict
9.6 The Administrative System
9.7 The Artistic Vision
9.8 The International Horizon
9.9 Ethnic Affiliation


ERRORS in databases:
  • "Boson1918Assiriologia.d": duplicate bibliography "Boson1918Assiriologia" for site "Akk-lg".
  • "Bottero1992Reasoning.d": duplicate bibliography "Bottero1992Reasoning" for site "Mes-rel".
  • "Buccellati1972Teodicea.d": duplicate bibliography "Buccellati1972Teodicea" for site "Mes-lit".
  • "Cauvin2000Birth.d": duplicate bibliography "Cauvin2000Birth" for site "Mes-rel".
  • "DMB.d": duplicate bibliography "DMB" for site "Mes-rel".
  • "Edzard2003Sumerian.d": duplicate bibliography "Edzard2003Sumerian" for site "Mes-rel".
  • "Oshima2014Sufferers.d": duplicate bibliography "Oshima2014Sufferers" for site "Mes-rel".
  • "Trinkaus1983Shanidar.d": duplicate bibliography "Trinkaus1983Shanidar" for site "Mes-rel".

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9.1 The Empire as a Heterogenous Aggregation

  1. Add definition of “empire”.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, July 2020]

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9.3 The Titles of the Kings of Akkad

  1. The original Akkadian name of the “first emperor” was Sharrum-kīn, meaning “the king is legitimate/stable”; the form “Sargon” comes from the Bible (Hebrew סַֽרְגֹ֖ון), where the name of Sargon II (721-705 BC), successor of Shalmaneser V (727–722 BC), is found just once in Isa 20:1.

    – [ Marco De Pietri, December 2023]

  2. On Enheduanna, see e.g. Helle 2023 Enheduana.

    – [ Marco De Pietri, December 2023]

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9.6 The Administrative System

  1. 5400 men: R I M E 2, p. 55.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, July 2020]

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9.8 The International Horizon

  1. Tar’am-Agade is attested at Urkesh as wife of the local king; see sealing AFc1 (for a complete bibliography, see the “Urkesh electronic Library”).

    – [ Marco De Pietri, December 2023]

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9.9 Ethnic Affiliation

  1. Hurrian – see Michalowski, Sumer dreams.

    – [ Giorgio Buccellati, July 2020]