Name: Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Governance
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Author: Fleming, Daniel E.
ISBN: 9780521828857

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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Governance

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel E. Fleming

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

390

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.3 x 15.6 x 2.9 cm

Weight

0.67 kg.

ISBN

0521828856

ISBN13

9780521828857

Synopsis "Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Governance "

This volume examines the political landscape of the ancient Near East through the archive of over 3,000 letters found in the royal palace of Mari. These letters display a rich diversity of political actors, encompassing major kingdoms, smaller states and various tribal towns. Mari's unique contribution to the ancient evidence is its view of tribal organization, made possible especially by the fact that its king, Zimri-Lim, was, first of all, a tribal ruler who claimed Mari as an administrative base and source of prestige. These archaic political traditions are not essentially unlike the forms of pre-democratic Greece, and they offer fresh reason to recognize a cultural continuity between the classical world of the Aegean and the older Near East. This book bridges the areas of archaeology, ancient and classical history, early Middle and Near East, and political and social history.

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