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Tribe and State : The Dynamics of International Politics and the Reign of Zimri-Lim /

Miglio, Adam E.

Tribe and State : The Dynamics of International Politics and the Reign of Zimri-Lim / Adam E. Miglio. - 1 online resource (287 p.) - Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East .

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES, MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- NOTE ON DATES AND THE CITATION OF TEXTS AND EDITIONS -- SYMBOLS USED IN TRANSCRIPTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ANCIENT POLITICS: APPROACHING HISTORY AT MARI -- POLITICS, THE STATE, AND SOCIETY -- A DYNAMIC SOCIO-POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: “MARI AND THE LAND OF THE MOBILE PASTORALISTS " -- ZIMRI-LIM’S CONDUCT OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- THE BEGINNING OF THE END: ZIMRILIM’S WAR WITH ELAM -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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This book analyzes Zimri-Lim’s interactions with sovereigns from the Habur and with Yamut-bal and Numha tribal polities. It describes how Zimri-Lim’s disproportionate dependence on tribal connections left him vulnerable when these alliances began to falter in his tenth regnal year.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781463202491 9781463235888

10.31826/9781463235888 doi


HISTORY / Ancient / General.

DS99.M3 / .M545 2014

939.432