Interaction of Aramaeans and Assyrians on the Lower Khabur
For the explanation of the relationship between the Aramaeans and the Assyrians the model of centre/periphery has been applied frequently. It becomes more and more apparent though that this model is not apt to make the process visible that characterizes the interaction between these two ethnic group...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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IFAPO
2009
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Syria
Year: 2009, Volume: 86, Pages: 43-54 |
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| Summary: | For the explanation of the relationship between the Aramaeans and the Assyrians the model of centre/periphery has been applied frequently. It becomes more and more apparent though that this model is not apt to make the process visible that characterizes the interaction between these two ethnic groups. It is rather necessary to keep one’s mind clear of the influence of a centre on a periphery and instead look for indicators that will describe the emulation processes taking place between two equal cultural groups clashing together in a territory vacant of political supremacy. Through time — and the period debated comprises half a millennium or 500 years, roughly between about 1100 and 600 bc — the political situation changed and with it the ways of interaction resulting in different cultural products or material culture, in short in those objects which the archaeologist excavates in the context of cultural earth deposits. So it must be expected that these objects — in relation to time — reflect different stages of emulation and may have become hybrids, more or less well elaborated, or transfers, more or less intensively modified. This paper will be an essay on the interaction of the Aramaeans and Assyrians in the Khabur region —it cannot be more than just an initial compilation. A full appreciation of the socio-political and cultural dimensions would need more time and space. |
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| ISSN: | 2076-8435 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Syria
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/syria.509 |