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Introduction -- The dynamics of cultural regions and traditions in Mesopotamia and the rise of Assyrian cultural discourse -- The origins of Assyrian cultural tradition -- Empire as cosmos, cosmos as empire -- Narratives of power and the Assyrian notion of kingship -- Administrator, hunter, warrior : the mythical foundations of the king's role as Ninurta -- The king's share in divine knowledge -- Between the fictive and the imaginary -- The individual ruler as a model for kingship : rethinking ancient historiography -- The reinvention of tradition : the Assyrian state rituals -- The voice of the scholar.

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