Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chronology of the Ancient Near East
Map—Expansion of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
1. Introduction: The Construction of the Imperial Periphery in Neo-Assyrian Studies Virginia R. Herrmann (Universität Tübingen) and Craig W. Tyson (D’Youville College)
2. At the Root of the Matter: The Middle Assyrian Prelude to Empire Bleda S. Düring (Leiden University)
3. Empire of Conflict, Empire of Compromise: The Middle and Neo-Assyrian Landscape and Interaction with the Local Communities of the Upper Tigris Borderland Guido Guarducci (CAMNES; University of Reading)
4. The Southern Levant under the Neo-Assyrian Empire: A Comparative Perspective Avraham Faust (Bar-Ilan University)
5. Reaction, Reliance, Resistance? Judean Pillar Figurines in the Neo-Assyrian Levant Erin Darby (University of Tennessee)
6. Dining under Assyrian Rule: Foodways in Iron Age Edom Stephanie H. Brown (University of California, Berkeley)
7. Peripheral Elite as Imperial Collaborators Craig W. Tyson (D’Youville College)
8. East of Assyria? Hasanlu and the Problem of Assyrianization Megan Cifarelli (Manhattanville College)
9. In the Middle of the Sea of the Setting Sun: The Neo-Assyrian Empire and Cyprus—Economic and Political Perspectives Anna Cannavò (CNRS, UMR 5189 HiSoMA, MOM, Lyon)
10. Neo-Pericentrics Bradley J. Parker (University of Utah)
About the Contributors
Index