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Eurasian empires in antiquity and the early Middle Ages : contact and exchange between the Graeco-Roman world, Inner Asia and China /
A comparative and interdisciplinary study of ancient and medieval Eurasian empires using historical, philological and archaeological evidence.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of illustrations; List of maps; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I Political Organization and Interactions of Eurasian Empires; 1 The Political Organization of Steppe Empires and their Contribution to Eurasian Interconnectivity: the Case of ... ; Bibliography; 2 Tang China's Horse Power: the Borderland Breeding Ranch System; Introductory Remarks; The Borderland Ranch System.
- Herd Management and Herd SizesFactors Influencing Herd Sizes; Personnel; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 Cimmerians and the Scythians: the Impact of Nomadic Powers on the Assyrian Empire and the Ancient Near East; Introduction; Cimmerians and Scythians as 'Nomadic' Powers; Geopolitical Changes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II Socio-Institutional Aspects of Eurasian Empires; 4 Honour and Shame in the Roman Republic; Setting the Stage: the Aristocratic Nature of the Roman Polity; Honour and Shame in the Roman Family.
- Honour and Shame in the Roman SenateHonour and Shame in the Roman Military; Bibliography; 5 Honour and Shame in Han China; Introductory Remarks; The Redefinition of Shame in the Warring States; Honour and the Han Bureaucracy; Honour and Violence in the Han; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6 Slavery and Forced Labour in Early China and the Roman World; Introduction; The Status and Sources of Slaves; The Scale of Slavery; Slave Labour; Incentive Structures; Forced Labour; State Power and Economic Development; Bibliography.
- Part III Cultural Legacies of Eurasian Empires7 Homer and the Shi Jing as Imperial Texts; Introduction; Attempts at Dating Homeric Epic; Attempts to Date the Shi Jing; Songs of Empire, I: the Shi Jing; Songs of Empire, II: Homer; Conclusion: Reading Homer and the Shi Jing as Imperial Texts; Bibliography; 8 The Serpent from Persia: Manichaeism in Rome and China; Introduction; Manichaean Mission in the Roman Empire; The Eastward Expansion of Manichaeism; Central Asia and Egypt; a Century of Discoveries; Crossing Boundaries.