Rome and China : comparative perspectives on ancient world empires / edited by Walter Scheidel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scheidel, Walter, 1966- editor.

Series:

Oxford studies in early empires.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in early empires

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient--Historiography.

History, Ancient.

History--Methodology.

History.

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Rome and China' 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.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Chronology; Introduction; 1 From the "Great Convergence" to the "First Great Divergence": Roman and Qin-Han State Formation and Its Aftermath; 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: Empire, Tribute, and Trade in Roman and Chinese History; 6 Gift Circulation and Charity in the Han and Roman Empires; 7 The Monetary Systems of the Han and Roman Empires; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-227) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770508-1

0-19-988752-7

1-281-93091-1

9786611930912

0-19-971429-0

OCLC:

476244565