{"title":"Assyriology and Stalinism: Soviet Historiography and the Invention of Slavery in the Ancient Near East","authors":"S. Krikh","doi":"10.1515/janeh-2017-0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyzes the main reasons why Soviet historiography developed a theory that the ancient Near East was characterized by an economy based on slavery. It explores the interplay of external and internal factors leading to the special role of Assyriology in that process, particularly through the work of the Russian and Soviet orientalist Vasiliy Struve.","PeriodicalId":174647,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2018-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2017-0002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Abstract
Abstract This article analyzes the main reasons why Soviet historiography developed a theory that the ancient Near East was characterized by an economy based on slavery. It explores the interplay of external and internal factors leading to the special role of Assyriology in that process, particularly through the work of the Russian and Soviet orientalist Vasiliy Struve.