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Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiii, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

History, Ancient--Historiography.
History--Methodology.
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.
Imperialism--History.
Interculturele vergelijking.
Wereldrijken.
China.
Romeinse rijk.
Rome--510-265 av. J.-C. (République).
Rome--30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire).
Chine--202 av. J.C.-220 (Dynastie des Han).

Other Authors:

Scheidel, Walter, 1966-

Notes:

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

Contents:

monetary systems of the Han and Roman Empires / Walter Scheidel. War, state formation, and the evolution of military institutions in ancient China and Rome / Nathan Rosenstein -- Lawand punishment in the formation of empire / Karen Turner -- Eunuchs, women, and imperial courts / Maria H. Dettenhofer -- Commanding and consuming the world: empire, tribute, and trade in Roman and Chinese history / Peter Fibiger Bang -- Gift circulation and charity in the Han and Roman Empires / Mark Edward Lewis -- The monetary systems of the Han and Roman Empires / Walter Scheidel.

Series:

Oxford studies in early empires

ISBN:

0195336909
9780195336900

OCLC:

(OCoLC)227572755

LCCN:

2008020445

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)