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72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire

72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire

Released Monday, 23rd December 2024
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72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire

72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire

72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire

72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire

Monday, 23rd December 2024
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Christopher discusses new ideas around the murder of King Sennacherib. Who really killed him and why? Was it a coup? Where was Esarhaddon and why wasn't he in Nineveh? [Much of this first section of the episode was published as part of Episode 71.  8:03-10:30 is not found there. And everything from 25:19 is also new] Next he addresses the question of how the kings of this dynasty ran their empire. What does social network analysis reveal about how they coped with information flow? Who was influential and why did that change?

2:09 prize winner
3:09 regicide
8:04 motives for murder
10:21 what's new?
15:21 who was involved?
19:13 a coup
22:24 propaganda
25:20 dissertation
27:54 how the empire functioned
32:30 new power structures
36:16 rise and fall of the scholars
38:38 why reform?
40:42 Ashurbanipal's relationship with scholars(hip)
46:10 where tablets were found
51:56 interpreting palace reliefs

Music by Ruba Hillawi

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