The ideology of power : its development and manifestations from the mid to late third millennium BC in southern Mesopotamia
The aim of this research is two-fold. Firstly, to evaluate Jacobsenâs views on early political progress in southern Mesopotamia regarding his definition of the office and responsibilities of rulers, his image of âcharismatic kingshipâ and warring city-states in the late ED period and its formative impact on the rise of the Akkadian empire. This evaluation will be based on the analysis of the corpus of current relevant archaeological evidence but using only primary documentary sources. Secondly, using the analyses as a basis, to examine and trace the development of the ideology of power in the late Early Dynastic and Akkadian periods. The first section of the work contains discussions on the sources and analyses of those sources. They comprise primary documentary sources for both periods including rulersâ inscriptions, archives, land tenure documents, seals and seal impressions together with an overview of the archaeological sites from which the majority of evidence comes. The second section uses the analyses and evidence mapping to explore rulersâ level of involvement in the political, judicial, military, religious/cultic and the administrative and economic spheres of activity as outlined in Jacobsenâs
Bellamy, Y.
The ideology of power : its development and manifestations from the mid to late third millennium BC in southern Mesopotamia. The aim of this research is two-fold. Firstly, to evaluate Jacobsenâs views on early political progress in southern Mesopotamia regarding his definition of the office and responsibilities of rulers, his image of âcharismatic kingshipâ and warring city-states in the late ED period and its formative impact on the rise of the Akkadian empire. This evaluation will be based on the analysis of the corpus of current relevant archaeological evidence but using only primary documentary sources. Secondly, using the analyses as a basis, to examine and trace the development of the ideology of power in the late Early Dynastic and Akkadian periods. The first section of the work contains discussions on the sources and analyses of those sources. They comprise primary documentary sources for both periods including rulersâ inscriptions, archives, land tenure documents, seals and seal impressions together with an overview of the archaeological sites from which the majority of evidence comes. The second section uses the analyses and evidence mapping to explore rulersâ level of involvement in the political, judicial, military, religious/cultic and the administrative and economic spheres of activity as outlined in Jacobsenâs
ideology power development manifestation southern_mesopotamia aim two_fold firstly evaluate view early political progress southern_mesopotamia regard definition office ruler image charismatic kingship war city_state late_period formative impact rise akkadian empire evaluation base analysis corpus current relevant_archaeological evidence use primary documentary_source secondly use analysis basis examine trace_development ideology power late early dynastic akkadian period first_section work contain discussion source analysis source comprise primary documentary_source period include ruler inscription archive land_tenure document seal seal_impression together overview archaeological_site majority evidence come second_section use analyse evidence map explore ruler level involvement political judicial military religious cultic administrative economic_sphere activity outline