The Kassites: Kings of Babylon (Forgotten Civilizations) - Softcover

The Kassites : Kings of Babylon

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Kassites: Kings of Babylon, Elliot Rowan brings to life one of the ancient Near East's longest-ruling yet least remembered dynasties. Emerging from the lands east of Mesopotamia, the Kassites seized control of Babylonia after the collapse of its first great royal dynasty and went on to rule for more than four centuries. Rather than sweeping away the civilization they conquered, they embraced its traditions, restored its temples, supported its priesthood, and transformed themselves from foreign warriors into legitimate kings of Babylon. Drawing on royal inscriptions, diplomatic correspondence, administrative tablets, kudurru stones, archaeological discoveries, and the records of neighboring kingdoms, Rowan reconstructs the political and cultural world of Kassite Babylonia. He explores the building of Dur-Kurigalzu, the administration of the kingdom, agriculture and landholding, religion and scholarship, military traditions, international trade, and the elaborate diplomacy that connected Babylon with Egypt, Assyria, Elam, the Hittites, and other powers of the Late Bronze Age. He also traces the growing pressures that eventually brought the dynasty into conflict with increasingly powerful neighbors and culminated in the Elamite conquest of Babylon. More than the history of a forgotten royal house, this book examines how conquest can evolve into cultural preservation. The Kassites inherited one of the world's oldest civilizations and helped carry its institutions, literature, religion, and intellectual traditions across centuries of political change. Their dynasty eventually disappeared, and much of their distinct identity faded with it, but the Babylon they preserved endured. In that survival lies the Kassites' most remarkable legacy and their enduring place in the history of the ancient world. Artikel-Nr. 9798172502323

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