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OverviewThe title “Queen of the Arabs” is applied in Neo-Assyrian texts to five women from the Arabian Peninsula. These women led armies, offered tribute, and held religious roles in their communities from 738 to approximately 651 BCE. This book discusses what the title meant to the women who carried it and to the Assyrians who wrote about them. Whereas previous scholarship has considered the Queens of the Arabs in relation to the military and economic history of the Neo-Assyrian empire, Eleanor Bennett focuses on identity, using gender theory to locate points of the women’s alterity in Assyrian sources and to analyze how Assyrian cultural norms influenced the treatment of the “Queens of the Arabs.” This kind of analysis shows how Assyrian perceptions of the Queens of the Arabs, and of Arabian populations more generally, changed over time. As the Queens of the Arabs were located on the periphery of the Assyrian Empire, Bennett incorporates data from the Arabian Peninsula. The shift from an Assyrian lens to an Arabian one highlights inaccuracies in the Assyrian material, which brings into focus Assyrian misunderstandings of the region. The Arabian Peninsula also offers comparative models for the Queens of the Arabs based on Arabian cultures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ellie BennettPublisher: University of Helsinki Imprint: University of Helsinki Dimensions: Width: 17.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9789515185822ISBN 10: 9515185823 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 28 June 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationEleanor Bennett is an Assyriologist and a member of the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires at the University of Helsinki, where she has published several articles on masculinities in Neo-Assyrian material. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |