03069nam 2200553 450 991046609330332120210209165003.01-118-64514-61-118-64511-1(CKB)3710000000621172(EBL)4454972(PQKBManifestationID)16243772(PQKBWorkID)14852850(PQKB)23627605(MiAaPQ)EBC4454407(EXLCZ)99371000000062117220160815h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeace in the ancient world concepts and theories /edited by Kurt A. RaaflaubChichester, England :Wiley Blackwell,2016.©20161 online resource (200 p.)Ancient World : Comparative HistoriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-119-10065-8 1-118-64509-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Title Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; The Ancient World: Comparative Histories; Introduction; Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World; Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt; Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India; Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China; Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace; Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern WorldChapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for PeacePrologue; Five Cases and a Thesis; The Prevalence and Brutality of War in the Ancient World; Visions of Peace; Peace Cults; War Cults; Intellectual Concerns with Peace; Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt; The Egyptian World View: Conflict and Equilibrium; Peacefulness as Moral Value; Cultural Valuation of War and Peace; Terminology; Internal Strife and its Conceptual Treatment; Political Behavior and Foreign Policy; The peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites; Conclusion; AbbreviationsAbbreviationsReferences; Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope; "Universal Peace" in Ancient Empires; "Inner Peace" and Non-violence in the Axial Age; "Common Peace" Inside and Outside Sovereign States; Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace; Abbreviation; References; Index; End User License AgreementAncient world--comparative histories.Peace (Philosophy)HistoryPacifismHistoryElectronic books.Peace (Philosophy)History.PacifismHistory.303.6/601Raaflaub Kurt A.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466093303321Peace in the ancient world1756271UNINA