02872nam 2200613Ia 450 991045455940332120200520144314.01-281-86571-097866118657190-19-155044-2(CKB)1000000000707764(EBL)415191(OCoLC)476240763(SSID)ssj0000128132(PQKBManifestationID)12045193(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128132(PQKBWorkID)10063486(PQKB)10587139(MiAaPQ)EBC415191(Au-PeEL)EBL415191(CaPaEBR)ebr10266543(CaONFJC)MIL186571(EXLCZ)99100000000070776420080603d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConceiving the empire[electronic resource] China and Rome compared /edited by Fritz-Heiner Mutschler, Achim MittagOxford Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (502 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-921464-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Abbreviations-Note on Romanization and Citation; List of Illustrations and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; PART I. THE BIRTH OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER; PART II. THE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED EMPIRE; PART III. THE WANING OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER; Epilogue; Chronological Table; Maps of Ancient China and Rome; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Index of Names; Index of SubjectsA collection of essays, by a team of experts in Sinology and Classical Studies, exploring the mental images and symbolical representations of `empire' that developed in the two most powerful political entities of antiquity: China and Rome. - ;The essays in Conceiving the Empire explore the mental images, ideas, and symbolical representations of `empire' which developed in the two most powerful political entities of antiquity: China and Rome. While the central focus is on historiography, other related fields are also explored: geography and cartography, epigraphy, art and architecture, and, morHistory, AncientHistoriographyImperialismHistoriographyChinaHistoryHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.DRomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.DElectronic books.History, AncientHistoriography.ImperialismHistoriography.931.04Mutschler Fritz-Heiner497265Mittag Achim1958-985779MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454559403321Conceiving the empire2253120UNINA