Asil

(İng. royal)

Göndermeler

Diğer

Hiram I, for instance, expressed his personal authority and aspirations through the construction of a lavish new royal palace, a decision that is indicative of a ruler who wields considerable power (in democracies, oligarchies, or in states ruled by a more limited form of monarchy, political statements were more typically made through the construction of communal amenities such as markets, harbours and fortifications)

Comparisons between the political activities of Phoenician kings and those undertaken by their Near Eastern counterparts reveal little difference in the patterns of thought and behaviour and thus there can be little doubt that Phoenician royal ideologies were inspired and influenced by Mesopotamian and Canaanite traditions.

The three fundamental and intertwined tenets of Near Eastern kingship can thus be identified in Phoenician royal ideology: that the monarch belonged to heaven and thus his kingship was a god-given gift; that he had a judicial responsibility to guard and protect his subjects against the harsh realities of life; and that kingship was sacred.