Culture of defeat : submission in written sources and the archaeological record. Proceedings of a joint seminar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna, October 2017 /
Culture of Defeat is based on a 2017 conference focusing on the impact on, and responses by, the defeated parties in conflicts in the ancient Near East. Shifting the focus of analysis from the conqueror to the vanquished, the (re-) examination of written sources and the archaeological record sheds n...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Piscataway, New Jersey :
Gorgias Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Gorgias studies in the ancient Near East.
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| Summary: | Culture of Defeat is based on a 2017 conference focusing on the impact on, and responses by, the defeated parties in conflicts in the ancient Near East. Shifting the focus of analysis from the conqueror to the vanquished, the (re-) examination of written sources and the archaeological record sheds new light on the consequences and reactions after often traumatic defeats and allows to gain a more nuanced and complete picture of such events. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 299 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781463239206 1463239203 |