International Relations in the Ancient Near East, 1600-1100 B.C.

Table of contents

• Title Page i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• Abbreviations xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Territory and Borders 15
• 1 - Inner vs. Outer Territory 17
• 2 - Universal Control 23
• 3 - The Boundaries of the World 29
• 4 - Symbolic Attainment of the World Border 34
• 5 - The Coexistence of Different States 38
• 6 - Moving Borders 46
• 7 - The Boundary as a Watershed for Taxation 52
• 8 - The Boundary as a Watershed for Responsibilities 57
• 9 - Runaways and Extradition 66
• 10 - Messengers and ‘Ambassadors’ 71
• Part II - War and Alliance 77
• 11 - The One Against Many 79
• 12 - War as Elimination of the Rebels 86
• 13 - Conquest as a Cosmic Organization 91
• 14 - Peace as Submission 97
• 15 - Ordeal by War 101
• 16 - The Rules of War 108
• 17 - The Battle of Megiddo 116
• 18 - Peace as Mutual Recognition 122
• 19 - The Ideology of Protection 128
• 20 - The Ideology of Brotherhood 135
• Part III - Circulation of Goods 139
• 21 - Priority and Continuity of the Redistributive Pattern 141
• 22 - Intervention of the Reciprocal Pattern 146
• 23 - Accumulation vs. Circulation 151
• 24 - Self-Sufficiency vs. Interdependence 155
• 25 - The Ideology of Life 160
• 26 - Hatshepsut and Punt: Trade or Tribute? 166
• 27 - Wen-Amun and Zakar-Ba'Al: Gift or Trade? 170
• 28 - The Annals of Tuthmosis Iii: Tribute or Gift? 176
• 29 - The Origins of Tribute 183
• 30 - Equal vs. Unequal Marriages 189
• 31 - Conclusions 196
• Chronologies 203
• Notes 205
• Index 233

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