The Oxford Handbook Of The State In The Ancient Near East And Mediterranean Paperback Reprint Edition

Peter Fibiger Bang

The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the earliest known states in world history to the Roman Empire and its immediate successors. They seek to understand the inner workings of these states by focusing on key issues: political and military power, the impact of ideologies, the rise and fall of individual polities, and the mechanisms of cooperation, coercion, and exploitation.

0190499338

9780190499334

English

Oxford University Press

28-Apr-11

572

Walter Scheidel

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