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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History Kongressbericht |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Rome and China. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008020445 (OCoLC)227572755 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Walter Scheidel |
ISBN: | 9780199714292 0199714290 9780195336900 0195336909 1281930911 9781281930910 9786611930912 6611930914 0199887527 9780199887521 |
OCLC Number: | 311040362 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents: | From the "great convergence" to the "first great divergence": Roman and Qin-Han state formation and its aftermath / Walter Scheidel -- War, state formation, and the evolution of military institutions in ancient China and Rome / Nathan Rosenstein -- Lawand punishment in the formation of empire / Karen Turner -- Eunuchs, women, and imperial courts / Maria H. Dettenhofer -- Commanding and consuming the world: empire, tribute, and trade in Roman and Chinese history / Peter Fibiger Bang -- Gift circulation and charity in the Han and Roman Empires / Mark Edward Lewis -- The monetary systems of the Han and Roman Empires / Walter Scheidel. |
Series Title: | Oxford studies in early empires. |
Responsibility: | edited by Walter Scheidel. |
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Abstract:
This volume brings together experts in the history of the ancient Mediterranean and early China and presents a series of comparative case studies on clearly defined aspects of state formation in early eastern and western Eurasia, focusing on the process of initial developmental convergence.
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The book is an admirable demonstration of the great potential that lies in comparative analysis of the Greco-Roman world Ancient China. * Hyun Jin Kim, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

