Tracing the Earliest Recorded Concepts of International Law
The Ancient Near East (2500-330 BCE)
Biographical note
Amnon Altman, Ph.D. (1973) in Ancient Near Eastern studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, formerly Professor in the Department of History at that university, is now retired. His publications include The Historical Prologue of the Hittite Vassal Treaties (Ramat-Gan 2004).
Readership
Scholars and students engaged in the history of international law and in the field of Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern studies, but also to all who are interested in international law in the Ancient Near East.
Table of contents
General Editor's Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgment
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
I The Early Dynastic Period in Southern Mesopotamia (2900-2350 BCE)
1. The geographic and political scene, the actors and the sources
2. War
3. Treaties
II The Old Akkadian and Ur III Periods in Mesopotamia (2350-2004 BCE)
Part I. The Old Akkadian Period
1. The expanded geographic scene and its political regime
2. War
3. Treaties
Part II. The Ur III Period
1. Ur III political scene
2. War
3. Dynastic marriage alliances
4. The legal obligation of gratitude
III The Near East in the Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BCE)
1. The political and cultural scene
2. War
3. Treaties
4. Commercial treaties and the status of the traveling merchant
5. Managing conflicts
6. Extradition and asylum
7. Diplomatic law
IV The Near East in the Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BCE)
1. The political scene
2. War
3. Treaties
4. Dynastic marriage alliances
5. Managing conflicts and state responsibility
6. Refugees and Extradition
7. Diplomatic law
V The Near East 1200 – 330 BCE
1. The political scene
2. War
3. Treaties
4. Rules pertaining to maritime traffic
5. Arbitration
6. Extradition and asylum
7. Diplomatic law
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Indexes
A. Texts
B. Designated Texts
C. Treaties and Loyalty Oaths
D. Topics
Foreword
Acknowledgment
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
I The Early Dynastic Period in Southern Mesopotamia (2900-2350 BCE)
1. The geographic and political scene, the actors and the sources
2. War
3. Treaties
II The Old Akkadian and Ur III Periods in Mesopotamia (2350-2004 BCE)
Part I. The Old Akkadian Period
1. The expanded geographic scene and its political regime
2. War
3. Treaties
Part II. The Ur III Period
1. Ur III political scene
2. War
3. Dynastic marriage alliances
4. The legal obligation of gratitude
III The Near East in the Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BCE)
1. The political and cultural scene
2. War
3. Treaties
4. Commercial treaties and the status of the traveling merchant
5. Managing conflicts
6. Extradition and asylum
7. Diplomatic law
IV The Near East in the Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BCE)
1. The political scene
2. War
3. Treaties
4. Dynastic marriage alliances
5. Managing conflicts and state responsibility
6. Refugees and Extradition
7. Diplomatic law
V The Near East 1200 – 330 BCE
1. The political scene
2. War
3. Treaties
4. Rules pertaining to maritime traffic
5. Arbitration
6. Extradition and asylum
7. Diplomatic law
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Indexes
A. Texts
B. Designated Texts
C. Treaties and Loyalty Oaths
D. Topics
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