Happiness for Mankind: Achaemenian Religion and the Imperial Project

Name: Happiness for Mankind: Achaemenian Religion and the Imperial Project
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ISBN: 9789042925250

ISBN-10: 9042925256

ISBN-13: 9789042925250

Edition: 2012

Authors: B. Lincoln

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The product of twenty years' research, this is the first book to study the way religious concerns permeated Achaemenian culture, deeply influencing such varied things as categories of space, time, number, and causality; constructions of nature, humanity, and moral order; institutions of law, education, and kingship; practices of diplomacy, tribute, irrigation and gardening (including the sumptuous royal gardens designated as "paradises"). Particular attention is devoted to the role of cosmogonic myths, dualistic ethics, demonological beliefs, the ideology of royal charisma, the sense of Persia as a sacred center, and the conviction that Achaemenian rulers bore unique responsibility for…

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List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Isd
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 132
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English