Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib (review)

Marita Gronnvoll

doi:10.1353/rap.0.0070

Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib (review)

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	Rhetoric and public affairs
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/rap.0.0070
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

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History
Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity

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Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib (review)

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