(The) Pax Assyriaca : the historical evolution of civilisations and the archaeology of empires

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Introduction = 1
• The concept of civilisation = 1
• The historical evolution of civilisations = 2
• a) The origin of civilisations = 3
• b) The development of civilisations = 4
• c) The decline and collapse of civilisations = 7
• First aim of this study : the Central Civilisation and the Mesopotamian / Egyptian merger = 8
• Second aim of this study : the methodological approach to the archaeological knowledge of the Ancient Near East = 14
• Third aim of this study : an approach to World Systems Theory and archaeology = 15
• Chapter 1 The Historical Evolution of the Ancient Near East and the Rise of the Assyrian Phenomenon = 19
• The Ancient Near East as geopolitical entity = 19
• The Land of Mesopotamia as the Cradle of Civilisation = 23
• a) Southern Mesopotamia and the first socio-economic development = 27
• b) Northern Mesopotamia and the Origin of Kingship = 38
• The Mesopotamian symbiosis = 42
• The Assyrian phenomenon = 47
• The Ancient Near East and the ‘catastrophe’ at the end of the Bronze Age = 56
• a) Old theories and new approaches = 56
• b) The Survival of the Assyrian World and the beginning of a New Era = 64
• Chapter 2 The Neo-Assyrian Empire and the Pax Assyriaca = 68
• The archaeology of empires : theories, approaches and problems = 68
• The meaning of‘empire’ and its principal dimensions = 71
• The Neo-Assyrian expansion and the peripheral polities under its domination = 74
• a) The royal ideology of the Neo-Assyrian monarchy = 76
• b) The Neo-Assyrian military reform during the Iron Age = 80
• The Neo-Assyrian hierarchy of its imperial core = 85
• a) The Land of Assyria (Assur mat) = 87
• b) The Largest Assyria = 88
• The Neo-Assyrian order and its global context = 101
• a) Infrastructure of the Neo-Assyrian Empire = 102
• b) The superstructure of the Neo-Assyrian Empire = 111
• Chapter 3 Ancient Egypt and the Pax Assyriaca = 116
• General introduction to the Egyptian civilisation = 116
• a) Ancient Egypt and its geographical and human characteristics = 116
• b) Ancient Egypt and its historical evolution = 117
• c) Ancient Egypt during the time of the Neo-Assyrian Empire = 120
• Ancient Egypt, the Neo-Assyrian expansion and its peripheral polities of domination = 128
• a) The royal ideology of the Egyptian monarchy and its confrontation with the Neo-Assyrian model = 128
• b) The Egyptian legacy during the Third Intermediate Period and the Neo-Assyrian Empire = 130
• c) Egyptian militarism and the confrontation with Neo-Assyrian power = 134
• Ancient Egypt and the Neo-Assyrian imperial core = 144
• a) The Egyptian order and its personal global context = 145
• b) Egypt and the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Syro-Palestine region = 147
• c) The Neo-Assyrian Empire and the administration of Egypt = 159
• Ancient Egypt and the Neo-Assyrian order in its global context = 163
• a) Neo-Assyrian infrastructure in Egypt = 163
• b) Neo-Assyrian superstructure in Egypt = 173
• Chapter 4 The Collapse of the Pax Assyriaca = 183
• The collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire = 183
• a) The hierarchical crisis of the imperial core = 185
• b) The collapse of the Assyrian periphery = 187
• c) The collapse of the Assyrian order = 189
• Ancient Egypt and the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire = 193
• Conclusion = 197
• Bibliography = 204