Landscapes of Warfare
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Landscapes of Warfare

Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East

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Landscapes of Warfare

Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East

About this book

Landscapes of Warfare offers an in-depth exploration of the Urartian empire, which occupied the highlands of present-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran in the early first millennium BCE. Lesser known than its rival, the Neo-Assyrian empire, Urartu presents a unique case of imperial power distributed among mountain fortresses rather than centralized in cities. Through spatial analysis, the book demonstrates how systematic warfare, driven by imperial ambitions, shaped Urartian and Assyrian territories, creating symbolically and materially powerful landscapes.
 
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni challenges traditional views by emphasizing warfare's role in organizing ancient landscapes, suggesting that Urartu's strength lay in its strategic optimization of terrain through fortified regional networks. Using an interdisciplinary approach that includes GIS-enabled studies and integrates archaeological, historical, and art-historical evidence, she illustrates how warfare was a generative force in structuring space and society in the ancient Middle East. Landscapes of Warfare situates Urartu's developments within the broader context of regional empires, providing insights into the mechanisms of warfare, governance, and cultural identity formation.

 
 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction
  12. 1. Landscapes of Warfare: A Historiography
  13. 2. Age of Empires: An Introduction to the Early First Millennium BCE
  14. 3. Views from the Fortress: Examining Site Placement
  15. 4. Reframing Urartu as a Non-Urban Empire
  16. 5. Fortified Regional Networks (FRN): Building Blocks of Empire
  17. 6. Movement and Mobility: The Space of Empire
  18. 7. Traumascapes: War and Society Writ Large
  19. 8. Unraveling the Why: Ideologies that Perpetuate Landscapes of War
  20. Conclusion
  21. References
  22. Index
  23. About the Author