Tyson, Craig W., editorHerrmann, Virginia R., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2018-12-112018-12-112018https://hdl.handle.net/10217/193041Includes bibliographical references and index.Highlighting strategies that Neo-Assyrian Empire applied to manage its massive and diverse empire. Examining various ways those strategies were received by subjects close and far from the center. Studies illustrate how responses to aggression, economic policies, cultural influences differed remarkably demonstrating both destructive and constructive empire roles.--Provided by publisher.Introduction: the construction of the imperial periphery in Neo-Assyrian studies / Virginia R. Herrmann -- At the root of the matter: the middle Assyrian prelude to empire / Bleda S. Düring -- 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 -- The southern Levant under the Neo-Assyrian empire: a comparative perspective / Avraham Faust -- Reaction, reliance, resistance?: Judean pillar figurines in the Neo-Assyrian Levant / Erin Darby -- Dining under Assyrian rule: foodways in Iron Age Edom / Stephanie H. Brown -- Peripheral elite as imperial collaborators / Craig W. Tyson -- East of Assyria? Hasanlu and the problem of Assyrianization / Megan Cifarelli -- In the middle of the sea of the setting sun: the Neo-Assyrian empire and Cyprus: economic and political perspectives / Anna Cannavò -- Neo-pericentrics / Bradley J. Parker.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Assyria -- Politics and governmentImperialism -- History -- To 1500Assyria -- HistoryAssyria -- AntiquitiesTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.