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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radner, Karen, author, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies in early empires

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government correspondence--Middle East--History--To 1500.

Government correspondence.

Government correspondence--Rome.

Imperialism.

History.

Colonies--Administration.

Colonies.

Administration.

Middle East--Colonies--Administration.

Middle East.

Rome--Colonies--Administration.

Rome.

Colonies--Administration--History--To 1500.

Imperialism--History--To 1500.

Rome (Empire).

Middle East Region.

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780199354771

0199354774

OCLC:

862066379