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Title:

State correspondence in the ancient world : from new kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire / edited by Karen Radner.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Government correspondence--Middle East--History--To 1500.
Government correspondence--Rome.
Middle East--Administration.--Administration.
Rome--Administration.--Administration.
Colonies--History--History--To 1500.
Imperialism--History--To 1500.

Other Authors:

Radner, Karen, editor of compilation. editor of compilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-298) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : long-distance communication and the cohesion of early empires / Karen Radner -- Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom : the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence / Jana Mynarova -- State correspondence in the Hittite world / Mark Weeden -- An imperial communication network : the state correspondence of the neo-Assyrian empire / Karen Radner -- The lost state correspondence of the Babylonian empire as reflected in contemporary administrative letters / Michael Jursa -- State communications in the Persian Empire / Amelie Kuhrt -- The king's words : Hellenistic royal letters in inscriptions / Alice Bencivenni -- State correspondence in the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian / Simon Corcoran.

Series:

Oxford studies in early empires

ISBN:

0199354774 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780199354771 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862066379

LCCN:

2013028583

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)