Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Preface and Acknowledgments xv
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. Chronology of the Ancient Near East xxi
8. Map 1
9. 1 Introduction 3
10. 2 At the Root of the Matter 41
11. 3 Empire of Conflict, Empire of Compromise 65
12. 4 The Southern Levant under the Neo-Assyrian Empire 97
13. 5 Reaction, Reliance, Resistance? 128
14. 6 Dining under Assyrian Rule 150
15. 7 Peripheral Elite as Imperial Collaborators 177
16. 8 East of Assyria? 210
17. 9 In the Middle of the Sea of the Setting Sun 240
18. 10 Neo-Pericentrics 265
19. About the Contributors 283
20. Index 287