Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations

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Published in 1992, William L. Moran’s definitive English translation, The Amarna Letters, raised as many questions as it answered. How did Pharaoh run his empire? Why did the god-king consent to handle his fellow, mortal monarchs as equals? Indeed, why did kings engage in diplomacy at all? How did the nice powers care for international peace and order?

In Amarna Diplomacy, Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook have brought together a team of specialists, both social scientists and ancient historians, to explore the sector of ancient Near Eastern statecraft portrayed within the letters. Subjects discussed include Egyptian imperial and foreign policy, international law and trade, geopolitics and decision making, intelligence, and diplomacy. This book will likely be of interest to scholars no longer most effective of the traditional Near East and the Bible but additionally of international relations and diplomatic studies.

Contributors are Pinhas Artzi, Kevin Avruch, Geoffrey Berridge, Betsy M. Bryan, Raymond Cohen, Steven R. David, Daniel Druckman, Serdar Güner, Alan James, Christer Jönsson, Mario Liverani, Samuel A. Meier, William J. Murnane, Nadav Na’aman, Rodolfo Ragionieri, Raymond Westbrook, and Carlo Zaccagnini.


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