Ammon in Transition from Vassal Kingdom to Babylonian Province
This article discusses the archaeological data from Ammon during the seventh-fifth centuries B.C.E., while considering the broader historical picture of the Babylonian period and comparing it with the historical, demographical, and geopolitical processes that occurred during this period in Judah. I...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2004
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2004, Volume: 335, Pages: 37-52 |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the archaeological data from Ammon during the seventh-fifth centuries B.C.E., while considering the broader historical picture of the Babylonian period and comparing it with the historical, demographical, and geopolitical processes that occurred during this period in Judah. I will claim that Ammon was subjugated by the Babylonians in 604 B.C.E. and became a vassal kingdom. During the Babylonian expedition of 582/581 B.C.E., the invading army destroyed the fortified cities near the kingdom's northwestern border and on the main road to the capital and might also have hit Rabbat-Ammon. The outcome of this expedition was that Ammon became a province of the Babylonian Empire. As part of their methods of ruling and exploiting the hilly conquered territories in Hatti-Land, the Babylonians established a new capital (Tall al-ʿUmayri), at a site not far from the ancient capital of Rabbat-Ammon, allowing the continued existence of the rural settlement in the area around it. The ʿUmayri-Hisbān region specialized in wine and oil production, used mainly for paying taxes. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/4150068 |