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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 September 2025
      16 October 2025
      ISBN:
      9781009493833
      9781009493840
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009493833
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.517kg, 248 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology, Global History
      Series:
      Antiquity in Global Context
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology, Global History
    Series:
    Antiquity in Global Context
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    Leaders abounded in the ancient world, from kings, pharaohs, emperors, tyrants, politicians, and orators to generals, minor officials and intellectuals. This book opens fresh perspectives on leadership by examining under-explored topics, posing new questions and revisiting old concepts. In particular, it seeks to shift attention from constitutional issues stricto sensu (such as kingship, monarchy, tyranny, etc.) or, more productively, to prompt a re-examination of these issues through the lens of leadership. The volume includes chapters on a range of cultures from across the ancient world in order to promote comparative reflection. Key questions include whether some models of good and bad leadership were universal among ancient cultures or exhibited differences? Why did a certain culture emphasise one leadership quality while another insisted on another? Why did only some cultures develop a theoretical discourse on leadership? How did each culture appropriate, define, redefine (or react) to existing concepts of leadership?

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