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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967361703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-770508-1

0-19-988752-7

1-281-93091-1

9786611930912

0-19-971429-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in early empires

Altri autori (Persone)

ScheidelWalter <1966->

Disciplina

931/.04

Soggetti

History, Ancient - Historiography

History - Methodology

Imperialism - History

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

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

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

'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.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910481365203321

Autore

Huygens Christiaan <1629-1695.>

Titolo

Christiani Hugenij Zulichemij Breuis assertio systematis Saturnij sui, ad serenissimum principem Leopoldum ab Hetruria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Florence, : [s.n.], 1660

Descrizione fisica

Online resource ([2], 26, [4] p., [1] c. di tav. calcogr. ripieg., 8ยบ)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.