03309nam 2200793 a 450 991082467290332120200520144314.00-19-770508-10-19-988752-71-281-93091-197866119309120-19-971429-010.1093/oso/9780195336900.001.0001(CKB)1000000000707345(EBL)415731(OCoLC)476244565(SSID)ssj0000593051(PQKBManifestationID)12255563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000593051(PQKBWorkID)10736591(PQKB)10241353(SSID)ssj0000239458(PQKBManifestationID)11186202(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239458(PQKBWorkID)10250203(PQKB)10665182(Au-PeEL)EBL415731(CaPaEBR)ebr10272815(CaONFJC)MIL193091(Au-PeEL)EBL7034217(MiAaPQ)EBC415731(OCoLC)1406785208(StDuBDS)9780197705087(EXLCZ)99100000000070734520080507d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRome and China comparative perspectives on ancient world empires /edited by Walter ScheidelOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (257 p.)Oxford studies in early empiresPreviously issued in print: 2009.0-19-975835-2 0-19-533690-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-227) and index.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'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.Oxford studies in early empires.History, AncientHistoriographyHistoryMethodologyImperialismHistoryRomeHistoryRepublic, 265-30 B.CRomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C.-284 A.DChinaHistoryHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.DHistory, AncientHistoriography.HistoryMethodology.ImperialismHistory.931/.04Scheidel Walter1966-254926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824672903321Rome and China3966347UNINA