diplomacy in antiquity
This is a review piece of books on diplomacy in antiquity begiining with mesopotamia, amarna, the phoenicians, the greeks and romans. The amarna book I found at an exposition at Glyptoteket, CPH.
This is a review piece of books on diplomacy in antiquity begiining with mesopotamia, amarna, the phoenicians, the greeks and romans. The amarna book I found at an exposition at Glyptoteket, CPH.
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regional state system per se. Great powers are endowed with natural resources – Babylonia and
Egypt –and if not, it is a commercial enterprise – Mycennae and Phoenicia - needing military
protection. Concern for maintaining the regional system has not always been at the forefront of
policy-makers’ concerns. Strategy plays an increasingly important role throughout the history of
diplomacy. If an apex to History exists, the past is not always taken on board as a guide for the
conduct of diplomatic strategy. In contrast, the transformation of the Middle East from a system to
an Egyptian-led international society took place during the Amarna period. A well-functioning
central administration is, more often than not, a para-mount to successful diplomacy. Utopias are
integral in the development of polities. Yet, history becomes History on the script of great powers.
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