Info Of Xerxes In Addition To Babylonia : The Cuneiform Evidence

Xerxes as well as Babylonia : The Cuneiform Evidence

Editor(s)	Waerzggers, Caroline; Seire, Maarja
Publisher	Peeters, Leuven
Published	2018
Subjects	Humanities; History; History: earliest times to acquaint day; Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Abstract	In the summertime of 484 BCE Babylonia revolted against Xerxes, manly someone monarch of Persia. In recent years, a fence has crystallized around the nature of Xerxes’ reply to this challenge. This book continues as well as expands this debate. It collects nine essays on the cuneiform text corpus dated to the current before, during as well as later the revolts. This cloth enables the authors to evaluate the nature of Xerxes’ policies inward the sphere of society, science, religion, law, direction as well as economic scheme against the long-term history of the region. The contributions are past times Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Johannes Hackl, Michael Jursa, Karlheinz Kessler, Mathieu Ossendrijver, Reinhard Pirngruber, Malgorzata Sandowicz as well as Caroline Waerzeggers. More
Series	Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta
Keywords	Xerxes; Babylonia; Persia; cuneiform texts; ancient history
Language	English
Number of pages	229
ISBN	9789042936706 9789042938097
Collection(s)	European Research Council (ERC)
Rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Grant	H2020 European Research Council - Persia as well as Babylonia - 682241