Ancient Near Eastern forms of monarchy getting oversimplified every freakin' time:pic.twitter.com/W3oVTXN77K
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The thing to remember is that each of the people in that system - the leader, the keys, etc. - are embedded with a society with particular beliefs and assumptions. They operate on those beliefs and assumptions and that influences their behaviors.
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So for instance, even though they might not benefit, there might be a strong cultural expectation that, say, a king ought to engage in military activity. And so in turn a king who doesn't wage aggressive warfare, even if he has no reason to, might suffer legitimacy problems.
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You also need to think about how the religious calculus changes when all of the keys believe their own religion. Suddenly, the carrying out of state religious activity has massive import well beyond its materialistic impacts. Keeping Marduk happy is vital for everyone.
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Those norms can also work to the public benefit. Roman emperors answered petitions from truly unimportant communities all over the empire because their keys to power - other elite Romans - expected them to and doing so was part of being emperor.
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Yes. Relatedly a justice system where people really do believe swearing falsely can hurt them is different from one where they don’t.
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