Revolt and Resistance in the Ancient Classical World and the near East : In the Crucible of Empire.
Collins, John J.
Revolt and Resistance in the Ancient Classical World and the near East : In the Crucible of Empire. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (312 pages) - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; v.85 . - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 When is a Revolt not a Revolt? A Case for Contingency -- Assyria and Babylonia -- Chapter 3 Revolts in the Assyrian Empire: Succession Wars, Rebellions Against a False King and Independence Movements -- Chapter 4 Assyria's Demise as Recompense: A Note on Narratives of Resistance in Babylonia and Judah -- Chapter 5 Revolts in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: A Preliminary Discourse Analysis -- The Persian Empire -- Chapter 6 Xerxes and the Oathbreakers: Empire and Rebellion on the Northwestern Front -- Chapter 7 Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II, 401 BC: An Achaemenid Civil War Reconsidered -- Chapter 8 Resistance, Revolt and Revolution in Achaemenid Persia: Response -- The Ptolemaic Kingdom -- Chapter 9 Revolting Subjects: Empires and Insurrection, Ancient and Modern -- Chapter 10 Revolts under the Ptolemies: A Paleoclimatological Perspective -- The Seleucid Empire -- Chapter 11 Resistance and Revolt. The Case of the Maccabees -- Chapter 12 Temple or Taxes? What Sparked the Maccabean Revolt? -- The Roman Empire -- Chapter 13 The Importance of Perspective: The Jewish-Roman Conflict of 66-70 CE as a Revolution -- Chapter 14 Josephus, Jewish Resistance and the Masada Myth -- Chapter 15 The Impact of the Jewish Rebellions, 66-135 CE: Destruction or Provincialization? -- Bibliography -- Index of Works Cited -- Index of Names.
This book contains state of the field discussion about the nature of revolt and resistance in the ancient world. While it doesn't cover the entire ancient world, it does focus in on the key revolts of the pre-Roman imperial world.
9789004330184
Electronic books.
DS63.18.R48 2016
Revolt and Resistance in the Ancient Classical World and the near East : In the Crucible of Empire. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (312 pages) - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; v.85 . - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 When is a Revolt not a Revolt? A Case for Contingency -- Assyria and Babylonia -- Chapter 3 Revolts in the Assyrian Empire: Succession Wars, Rebellions Against a False King and Independence Movements -- Chapter 4 Assyria's Demise as Recompense: A Note on Narratives of Resistance in Babylonia and Judah -- Chapter 5 Revolts in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: A Preliminary Discourse Analysis -- The Persian Empire -- Chapter 6 Xerxes and the Oathbreakers: Empire and Rebellion on the Northwestern Front -- Chapter 7 Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II, 401 BC: An Achaemenid Civil War Reconsidered -- Chapter 8 Resistance, Revolt and Revolution in Achaemenid Persia: Response -- The Ptolemaic Kingdom -- Chapter 9 Revolting Subjects: Empires and Insurrection, Ancient and Modern -- Chapter 10 Revolts under the Ptolemies: A Paleoclimatological Perspective -- The Seleucid Empire -- Chapter 11 Resistance and Revolt. The Case of the Maccabees -- Chapter 12 Temple or Taxes? What Sparked the Maccabean Revolt? -- The Roman Empire -- Chapter 13 The Importance of Perspective: The Jewish-Roman Conflict of 66-70 CE as a Revolution -- Chapter 14 Josephus, Jewish Resistance and the Masada Myth -- Chapter 15 The Impact of the Jewish Rebellions, 66-135 CE: Destruction or Provincialization? -- Bibliography -- Index of Works Cited -- Index of Names.
This book contains state of the field discussion about the nature of revolt and resistance in the ancient world. While it doesn't cover the entire ancient world, it does focus in on the key revolts of the pre-Roman imperial world.
9789004330184
Electronic books.
DS63.18.R48 2016