Zirkuläre Verknüpfungen. Völkerwanderungen und das Motiv der Wiederkehr in den Wissenschaften vom Alten Orient um 1900

Abstract

1900 marked a change in the historiographical representation of migration. Before this time, migrations had been portrayed as singular events that could be told in a linear way, but now the boundaries between individual migrations disappeared, solidifying into the representation of recurrent or permanent migrations. In the historiography of the ancient Near East, this led the Near East to be ascribed a specific rhythm that made lasting historical development impossible. This model cannot be conceived as a mere product of colonial or ‘orientalist‘ historiography by any means; to the contrary, its use in various political contexts points to the fundamental ideological openness of historiographical narrative patterns.

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