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 | |
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 |