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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I SETTING THE SCENE
• 1. Court as an Instrument of Power
• 2. Theatre of Royalty
• 3. Royal Palace: A Stage for Royal Rituals
• pt. II COURT AS A SOCIO-POLITICAL SYSTEM
• 4. Royal Household
• 5. Court Society
• 6. Royal Pages
• 7. Social Dynamics
• 8. Hierarchy and Conflict
• pt. III CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL
• 9. Ceremonial and Protocol
• 10. Death and Resurrection: Inauguration Ritual
• 11. Royal Entry
• 12. Royal Processions: Enacting the Myth of Empire.

Author/Creator:

Strootman, Rolf , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Courts and elites in the Hellenistic empires: the Near East after the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE [by Strootman, R.]

Related Series:

Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia

Subjects:

Elite (Social sciences) — Middle East

Elite (Social sciences) — Macedonia

Middle East — History — To 622

Macedonia — History

Middle East — Civilization — To 622

Macedonia — Civilization

Middle East — Courts and courtiers — History

Macedonia — Courts and courtiers

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-314) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DS62.25 .S77 2014

ISBNs:

1306819911 (ebk)
9781306819916 (ebk)

OCLC Numbers:

967258930

Other Control Numbers:

783910 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11829722