Die Verwaltung im Achämenidenreich : imperiale Muster und Strukturen = Administration in the Achaemenid Empire : tracing the imperial signature : : Akten des 6. Internationalen Kolloquiums zum Thema "Vorderasien im Spannungsfeld klassischer und altorientalischer Überlieferungen" aus Anlass der 80-Jahr-Feier der Entdeckung des Festungsarchivs von Persepolis, Landgut Castelen bei Basel, 14.-17. Mai 2013 / herausgegeben von Bruno Jacobs, Wouter F.M. Henkelmann, Matthew W. Stolper.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Jacobs, Bruno, 1954- editor.

Henkelman, Wouter, editor.

Stolper, Matthew W., editor.

Conference Name:

Internationales Kolloquium zum Thema "Vorderasien im Spannungsfeld klassischer und altorientalischer Überlieferungen" (6th : 2013 : Basel, Switzerland), author.

Series:

Classica et orientalia ; Bd. 17.

Classica et orientalia, 2190-3638 ; Band 17

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C--Congresses.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C--Sources--Congresses.

Iran--History--To 640--Congresses.

Iran.

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

History--Sources.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings

History

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

lix, 888 pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Administration in the Achaemenid Empire : tracing the imperial signature

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2017.

Language Note:

13 English, 3 German, 2 French contributions.

Summary:

In recent decades, a number of local archives and other primary sources for the history of the Achaemenid empire have been made available for the first time, or have received new treatment. Foremost among these are the Persepolis Fortification archive and the correspondence between the satraps of Bactria and Egypt and their respective staffs. Several contributors to this volume try to analyze the events and transactions documented by these sources in terms of bureaucratic and administrative protocols and to interpret them within an empire-wide network. Recurring patterns reveal a system of administrative hierarchies and structures. Among other things, the Achaemenid administration managed supplying official travelers, assuring regular communication between the empire's core and the provinces, and it used some of the same methods and institutions to manage supply, assignment and logistics of workers sent from the provinces to do labor service in the center of Persia. Another approach represented in this volume confronts these primary sources with information about Achaemenid imperial administration in classical sources, the primary material serving both as corrective and as analytical tool. Combined, these complementary approaches lead to a similar assessment: the imperial administration was not characterized by rupture and ad hoc responses to crises but rather by continuity and stability, and these long-term factors were important reasons for the unprecedented scope and endurance of this first world empire.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783447107938

3447107936

OCLC:

1007133117