Late Antiquity and Early Islam
In this paper, an investigation on the relation between state-building and Near Eastern religion is attempted. Analyzing the city-state of Ḥaṭrā (Iraq, close to Kirkuk), it is demonstrated that pre-Islamic state craft in the region was dependent on the initiative of the Parthian monarchy in Iran. Th...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Religions and Denominations
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Religious Inquiries |
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| Online Access: | http://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_43945_e747abcc7178fd09cff534db736960a7.pdf |