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9780199354771

State Correspondence in the Ancient World From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire

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    9780199354771

  • ISBN10:

    0199354774

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2014-02-19
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

State Correspondence in the Ancient World introduces the reader to the state correspondences of centralized states and empires of the Mediterranean and the Middle East from the 15th century BC to the 6th century AD, and analyses their role in ensuring the stability of these geographically extensive state systems.

Author Biography


Karen Radner is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at University College London.

Table of Contents


Figures and Tables
Contributors

Introduction: Long-Distance Communication and the Cohesion of Early Empires
Karen Radner

1 Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom: the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence
Jana Myna?r?ova?

2 State correspondence in the Hittite World
Mark Weeden

3 An imperial communication network: the state correspondence of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Karen Radner

4 The lost state correspondence of the Babylonian Empire as reflected in contemporary administrative letters
Michael Jursa

5 State communications in the Persian Empire
Amelie Kuhrt

6 The king's words: Hellenistic royal letters in inscriptions
Alice Bencivenni

7 State correspondence in the Roman empire from Augustus to Justinian
Simon Corcoran
Bibliography
Index

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