Experiencing Power, Generating Authority: Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 9781934536650, 9781934536643, 1934536644, 1934536652

For almost three thousand years, Egypt and Mesopotamia were each ruled by the single sacred office of kingship. Though g

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Experiencing Power, Generating Authority: Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
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