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The Road to Armageddon: The Assyrian Empire in the Seventh Century BC

The Road to Armageddon: The Assyrian Empire in the Seventh Century BC

Hardcover

Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralGeneral Middle Eastern History

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 12, 2027

ISBN10: 1805969315
ISBN13: 9781805969310
Publisher: British Academy
Published: Feb 12 2027
Pages: 160
Language: English

The Road to Armageddon: The Assyrian Empire in the Seventh Century BC offers a new interpretation of how the first Mesopotamian empire ended. Rather than narrating sudden collapse or gradual decline, it analyses the structural transformation that occurred when imperial coordination thinned while administrative systems continued to function. Focusing on the seventh century BC, the book traces how the Assyrian Empire intensified governance, infrastructure, and imperial ideology at the height of its power. Monumental building at Nineveh, theological centralisation at Assur, covenantal politics, and large-scale infrastructural investment produced unprecedented levels of imperial saturation and optimisation.

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