04071nam 2200685Ia 450 99644154260331620200520144314.01-280-59855-797866136283811-118-24430-31-118-24432-X1-118-24433-8(CKB)2670000000166999(EBL)821901(OCoLC)784137115(SSID)ssj0000636478(PQKBManifestationID)11367424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000636478(PQKBWorkID)10680433(PQKB)11510568(MiAaPQ)EBC821901(Au-PeEL)EBL821901(CaPaEBR)ebr10546626(CaONFJC)MIL362838(PPN)244378703(EXLCZ)99267000000016699920111104d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHighways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world[electronic resource] /edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. TalbertChichester, West Sussex ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell20121 online resource (311 p.)Ancient world: comparative histories ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-470-67425-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Overland Shortcuts for the Transmission of Buddhism; 2 The Power of Highway Networks during China's Classical Era (323 BCE-316 CE): Regulations, Metaphors, Rituals, and Deities; 3 Privatizing the Network: Private Contributions and Road Infrastructure in Late Imperial China (1500-1900); Appendix: Chinese Quotations and Glossary; 4 Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan (1603-1868)5 Obliterated Itineraries: Pueblo Trails, Chaco Roads, and Archaeological Knowledge6 Roads to Ruins: The Role of Sacbeob in Ancient Maya Society; 7 The Chinchaysuyu Road and the Definition of an Inca Imperial Landscape; 8 The Sahara as Highway for Trade and Knowledge; 9 From the Indus to the Mediterranean: The Administrative Organization and Logistics of the Great Roads of the Achaemenid Empire; 10 The Well-Remembered Path: Roadways and Cultural Memory in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt; 11 Roads, Integration, Connectivity, and Economic Performance in the Roman Empire12 Roads Not Featured: A Roman Failure to Communicate?13 Road Connectivity and the Structure of Ancient Empires: A Case Study from Late Antiquity; 14 Jews and News: The Interaction of Private and Official Communication-Networks in Jewish History; IndexHighways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations' pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures. Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern culturesAddresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancient history, archaeology, anthropoloAncient world--comparative histories ;5.RoadsHistoryRoadsSocial aspectsRoadsHistory.RoadsSocial aspects.388.1LIT004190bisacshAlcock Susan E155750Bodel John P.1957-788636Talbert Richard J. A.1947-474980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996441542603316Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world1929865UNISA