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2. The Domestication of Stranger Kings: Making History by List in Ancient Mesopotamia


 
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1. Title Title of document 2. The Domestication of Stranger Kings: Making History by List in Ancient Mesopotamia - Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Piotr Michalowski; University of Michigan;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Ancient History
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) ancient history; ancient civilization; historiography; cultural memory; historical consciousness; collective memory; cultural heritage; myth; ritual; Mesopotamia; king list; Mesopotamian kings; stranger kings
 
5. Subject Subject classification Ancient Near Eastern Studies; Sinology; Biblical Studies; Classics; Maya Studies
 
6. Description Abstract The long arc of Mesopotamian history provides many examples of texts that not only narrate history, but also create it. One group of such texts conventionally designated as King Lists, is often invoked in discussions of both history and historiography. Even though on first glance they appear to be homogeneous and structurally artless, this simplicity disguises a complexity and heterogeneity that can be subjected to different kinds of analyses. This seeming simplicity was particularly suited for the mediation of certain paradoxes, such as the tension between the celebration of native as well as stranger kings, and the conflicting claims of genealogy. Although it could be argued that the Mesopotamian Kings Lists have been overinterpreted, there is still room for new readings of these compositions.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 10-Jun-2019
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/33718
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.33718
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World
 
16. Language English=en en
 
18. Coverage Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) world,
ancient world
 
19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd