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Paradigm and propaganda: the dynasty of Akkade in the 21st century
akkad : the first world empire : structure, ideology, traditions • 5 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 11-23
By: Cooper, Jerrold S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the literary traditions through which the dynasty of Akakad was known for nearly two millennia in Mesopotamia and neighboring lands. In this paper Cooper describes Akkade as the prototype for future dynasties …'in 1) its scope and power, through the unification of Babylonia and control of its periphery; 2) its elaboration of an imperial bureaucracy; and 3) its new conception of royalty that included, among other things, the deification of the king. Comparisons are made throughout the text to the third dynasty of Ur.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Chief executive
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- History
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akkadian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4334-4113 BP (2334-2113 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Akkadian Period, Mesopotamia: Current countries are Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerrold S. Cooper
- Proceedings of the Conference 'Akkad. Il primo impero universale: strutture, ideologia, tradizioni' held at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on December 5th to 7th, 1990
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95100216
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akkadians/Iraq History To 634