In a series of pioneering comparative studies, leading historians break new ground by exploring government and power relations in the two largest empires of the ancient world. They shed new light on key issues such as elite formation, the rise of bureaucracies, and the determinants of urban development.
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Walter Scheidel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics and History at Stanford University. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of fourteen books, including Rome and China and The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Hardback in dust-jacket, good condition. Erased pencil markings in ââ,¬ËoIntroductionââ,¬â"¢ and ââ,¬ËoChapter 5ââ,¬â"¢, faint traces. Pages intact.Part of: OXFORD STUDIES IN EARLY EMPIRES SERIES.Identifies and seeks to explain similarities and differences in the character of the largest ancient empires.Brings together separate areas of historical scholarship and promotes a new way of doing ancient history.The Chinese and the Romans created the largest empires of the ancient world. Separated by thousands of miles of steppe, mountains and sea, these powerful states developed independently and with very limited awareness of each otherââ,¬â"¢s existence. This parallel process of state formation served as a massive natural experiment in social evolution that provides unique insight into the complexities of historical causation. Comparisons between the two empires shed new light on the factors that led to particular outcomes and help us understand similarities and differences in ancient state formation. The explicitly comparative perspective adopted in this volume opens up a dialogue between scholars from different areas of specialization, encouraging them to address big questions about the nature of imperial rule. In a series of interlocking case studies, leading experts of early China and the ancient Mediterranean explore the relationship between rulers and elite groups, the organization and funding of government, and the ways in which urban development reflected the interplay between state power and communal civic institutions. Bureaucratization, famously associated with Qin and Han China but long less prominent in the Roman world, receives special attention as an index of the ambitions and capabilities of kings and emperors. The volume concludes with a look at the preconditions for the emergence of divine rulership. Taken together, these pioneering contributions lay the foundations for a systematic comparative history of early empires. Walter Scheidel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics and History at Stanford University. Artikel-Nr. 431648
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Zustand: New. In a series of pioneering comparative studies, leading historians break new ground by exploring government and power relations in the two largest empires of the ancient world. They shed new light on key issues such as elite formation, the rise of bureaucracies, and the determinants of urban development. Editor(s): Scheidel, Walter. Series: Oxford Studies in Early Empires. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 figures and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578. . 2015. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Artikel-Nr. V9780190202248
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