Jane A. Hill is Director of the Predynastic Egyptian Collections Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and a Consulting Scholar in the Museum's Egyptian Section. She also teaches anthropology at Rowan University. Philip Jones is Associate Curator in the Babylonian Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Executive Editor of the Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project. Antonio J. Morales is Research Associate at the Institute of Egyptology of the Freie Universitat Berlin.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsGlossary Introduction. Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: Cosmos, Politics, and Landscape-Jane A. Hill, Philip Jones, and Antonio J. Morales I. COSMOSChapter 1. Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State-Ellen MorrisChapter 2. "I am the Sun of Babylon": Solar aspects of royal power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia-Dominque CharpinChapter 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos-Eckart FrahmChapter 4. Texts before Writing: Reading (Proto-)Egyptian Poetics of Power-Ludwig D. MorenzChapter 5. Images of Tammuz: The Intersection of Death, Divinity, and Royal Authority in Ancient Mesopotamia-JoAnn Scurlock II. POLITICSChapter 6. Building the Pharaonic state: Territory, Elite and Power in Ancient Egypt in the Third millennium BCE-Juan Carlos Moreno Garc¡aChapter 7. The Management of the Royal Treasure: Palace Archives and Palatial Economy in the Ancient Near East-Walther SallabergerChapter 8. Egyptian Kingship During the Old Kingdom-Miroslav BArtaChapter 9. All The King's Men: Authority, Kingship, and The Riseof the Elites in Assyria-Beate Pongratz-LeistenChapter 10. Kingship as Racketeering: The Royal Tombs and Death Pits at Ur, Mesopotamia, Reinterpreted from the Standpoint of Conflict Theory-D. Bruce Dickson III. LANDSCAPEChapter 11. Mesopotamian Kings and the Built Environment-Michael RoafChapter 12. Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat: Context and Concept-Alan B. LloydChapter 13. "Imaginal" Landscapes in Assyrian Imperial Monuments-Mehmet-Ali AtaÇ APPENDICES1. Chronological Table for Egyptian and Mesopotamian Cultures2. Map of Major Egyptian Sites3. Map of Major Mesopotamian Sites IndexList of Contributors

Jane A. Hill is Director of the Predynastic Egyptian Collections Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and a Consulting Scholar in the Museum's Egyptian Section. She also teaches anthropology at Rowan University. Philip Jones is Associate Curator in the Babylonian Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Executive Editor of the Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project. Antonio J. Morales is Research Associate at the Institute of Egyptology of the Freie Universitat Berlin.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsGlossary Introduction. Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: Cosmos, Politics, and Landscape-Jane A. Hill, Philip Jones, and Antonio J. Morales I. COSMOSChapter 1. Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State-Ellen MorrisChapter 2. "I am the Sun of Babylon": Solar aspects of royal power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia-Dominque CharpinChapter 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos-Eckart FrahmChapter 4. Texts before Writing: Reading (Proto-)Egyptian Poetics of Power-Ludwig D. MorenzChapter 5. Images of Tammuz: The Intersection of Death, Divinity, and Royal Authority in Ancient Mesopotamia-JoAnn Scurlock II. POLITICSChapter 6. Building the Pharaonic state: Territory, Elite and Power in Ancient Egypt in the Third millennium BCE-Juan Carlos Moreno Garc¡aChapter 7. The Management of the Royal Treasure: Palace Archives and Palatial Economy in the Ancient Near East-Walther SallabergerChapter 8. Egyptian Kingship During the Old Kingdom-Miroslav BArtaChapter 9. All The King's Men: Authority, Kingship, and The Riseof the Elites in Assyria-Beate Pongratz-LeistenChapter 10. Kingship as Racketeering: The Royal Tombs and Death Pits at Ur, Mesopotamia, Reinterpreted from the Standpoint of Conflict Theory-D. Bruce Dickson III. LANDSCAPEChapter 11. Mesopotamian Kings and the Built Environment-Michael RoafChapter 12. Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat: Context and Concept-Alan B. LloydChapter 13. "Imaginal" Landscapes in Assyrian Imperial Monuments-Mehmet-Ali AtaÇ APPENDICES1. Chronological Table for Egyptian and Mesopotamian Cultures2. Map of Major Egyptian Sites3. Map of Major Mesopotamian Sites IndexList of Contributors

Jane A. Hill is Director of the Predynastic Egyptian Collections Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and a Consulting Scholar in the Museum's Egyptian Section. She also teaches anthropology at Rowan University. Philip Jones is Associate Curator in the Babylonian Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Executive Editor of the Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project. Antonio J. Morales is Research Associate at the Institute of Egyptology of the Freie Universitat Berlin.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsGlossary Introduction. Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: Cosmos, Politics, and Landscape-Jane A. Hill, Philip Jones, and Antonio J. Morales I. COSMOSChapter 1. Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State-Ellen MorrisChapter 2. "I am the Sun of Babylon": Solar aspects of royal power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia-Dominque CharpinChapter 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos-Eckart FrahmChapter 4. Texts before Writing: Reading (Proto-)Egyptian Poetics of Power-Ludwig D. MorenzChapter 5. Images of Tammuz: The Intersection of Death, Divinity, and Royal Authority in Ancient Mesopotamia-JoAnn Scurlock II. POLITICSChapter 6. Building the Pharaonic state: Territory, Elite and Power in Ancient Egypt in the Third millennium BCE-Juan Carlos Moreno Garc¡aChapter 7. The Management of the Royal Treasure: Palace Archives and Palatial Economy in the Ancient Near East-Walther SallabergerChapter 8. Egyptian Kingship During the Old Kingdom-Miroslav BArtaChapter 9. All The King's Men: Authority, Kingship, and The Riseof the Elites in Assyria-Beate Pongratz-LeistenChapter 10. Kingship as Racketeering: The Royal Tombs and Death Pits at Ur, Mesopotamia, Reinterpreted from the Standpoint of Conflict Theory-D. Bruce Dickson III. LANDSCAPEChapter 11. Mesopotamian Kings and the Built Environment-Michael RoafChapter 12. Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat: Context and Concept-Alan B. LloydChapter 13. "Imaginal" Landscapes in Assyrian Imperial Monuments-Mehmet-Ali AtaÇ APPENDICES1. Chronological Table for Egyptian and Mesopotamian Cultures2. Map of Major Egyptian Sites3. Map of Major Mesopotamian Sites IndexList of Contributors