- Type:
- Book Chapter
- Author:
- Peter J. Holliday
- Published:
- 2024
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Abstract Chapter 1 examines evidence for the earliest historical representations in ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerian experiments in commemoration led to the invention of the commemorative stele and the earliest sequential or continuous narratives, and the invention of writing produced inscriptions that identify people and events: the image-text dialectic. Mesopotamian rulers conflated secular and sacred meanings in works, a practice exploited by later cultures. The rise of Akkad under the expansionist policies of Sargon created the first great empire in Mesopotamia. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sîn commemorates that king’s victory over the Lullubi people in western Iraq and cast an imperialist ideology in the guise of divine favor.
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- What is "The Victory Stele of Naram-Sîn" about?
- Abstract Chapter 1 examines evidence for the earliest historical representations in ancient Mesopotamia.
- Who wrote "The Victory Stele of Naram-Sîn"?
- Peter J. Holliday