Rome and China

Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires
Herausgeber: Scheidel, Walter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780199758357
• ISBN-10: 0199758352
• Artikelnr.: 31301098

Autorenporträt

Walter Scheidel is Professor of Classics and, by courtesy, History at Stanford University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Chronology
Introduction
1.: From the "Great Convergence" to the "First Great Divergence"
2.: War, State Formation, and the Evolution of Military Institutions in Ancient China and Rome
3.: Law and Punishment in the Formation of Empire
4.: Eunuchs, Women, and Imperial Courts
5.: Commanding and Consuming the World
6.: Gift Circulation and Charity in the Han and Roman Empires
7.: The Monetary Systems of the Han and Roman Empires
Bibliography
Index