Brotherhood of kings : how international relations shaped the ancient Near East /
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Call Number: DS62.23 .P64 2010
Table of Contents:
- The first evidence for diplomacy ("I am your brother and you are my brother")
- Traders and ships from distant lands ("At the wharf of Akkad he made moor ships")
- War and allegiance ("I have always done good things for him and his heart knows the good deeds that I have done for him")
- Long journeys away from home ("Who is there who would sell lapis lazuli?")
- Attack on Babylon by a distant enemy ("I sent to a far-off land")
- A clash between expanding empires ("Prepare yourselves! Make your weapons ready! For one will engage in combat with that wretched foe in the morning")
- Diplomatic overtures between the great powers ("A notable event! The like of this occurrence had not been heard of since the time of the demigods")
- Brother kings united and at peace ("My brother, whom I love and who loves me")
- Diplomatic marriages ("We, between us, are one, the Hurrian land and the land of Egypt")
- Luxury goods from everywhere ("The gold is much. Among the kings there are brotherhood, amity, peace, and good relations")
- A crisis in the brotherhood ("My father became hostile")
- The end of an empire and the restoration of peace ("My ancestors and your ancestors made a mutual declaration of friendship").