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Author : Hans Beck
Release : 2021-02-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 774/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China by : Hans Beck
Download or read book Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China written by Hans Beck. This book was released on 2021-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative study of the ancient Mediterranean and Han China, seen through the lens of political culture.
Author : Hans Beck
Release : 2021-02-04
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 542/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China by : Hans Beck
Download or read book Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China written by Hans Beck. This book was released on 2021-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated on opposite flanks of Eurasia, ancient Mediterranean and Han-Chinese societies had a hazy understanding of each other's existence. But they had no grounded knowledge about one another, nor was there any form of direct interaction. In other words, their historical trajectories were independent. In recent years, however, many similarities between both cultures have been detected, which has energized the field of comparative history. The present volume adds to the debate a creative method of juxtaposing historical societies. Each contribution covers both ancient China and the Mediterranean in an accessible manner. Embarking from the observation that Greek, Roman, and Han-Chinese societies were governed by comparable features, the contributors to this volume explain the dynamic interplay between political rulers and the ruled masses in their culture specific manifestation as demos (Greece), populus (Rome) and min (China).
Author : Hans Beck
Release : 2024-08-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 026/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China by : Hans Beck
Download or read book Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China written by Hans Beck. This book was released on 2024-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in specific locations. It highlights conceptions of place and performance, seeing both as crucial to the production of cultural meaning and communal cohesion, and as heavily dependent on the prevailing political culture. Whether urban or rural, global or local, central or fringe, public or private, real or imagined, theatrical or ritual, the places and performances highlighted serve to show both commonalities and differences between the ancient Mediterranean and early China. The range of places of comparison is also very diverse, including roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
Author : Olivier Hekster
Release : 2022-12-08
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 754/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Caesar Rules by : Olivier Hekster
Download or read book Caesar Rules written by Olivier Hekster. This book was released on 2022-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Roman emperors ruled a vast empire. Yet, at least officially, the emperor did not exist. No one knew exactly what titles he possessed, how he could be portrayed, what exactly he had to do, or how the succession was organised. Everyone knew, however, that the emperor held ultimate power over the empire. There were also expectations about what he should do and be, although these varied throughout the empire and also evolved over time. How did these expectations develop and change? To what degree could an emperor deviate from prevailing norms? And what role did major developments in Roman society – such as the rise of Christianity or the choice of Constantinople as the new capital – play in the ways in which emperors could exercise their rule? This ambitious and engaging book describes the surprising stability of the Roman Empire over more than six centuries of history.
Author : Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
Release : 2021-07-17
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 907/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ancient Egypt and Early China by : Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
Download or read book Ancient Egypt and Early China written by Anthony J. Barbieri-Low. This book was released on 2021-07-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548–1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers—the Nile and the Yellow River—and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast empires that were controlled through warfare and diplomacy and underwent periods of radical reform led by charismatic rulers—the “heretic king” Akhenaten and the vilified reformer Wang Mang. Universal justice was dispensed through courts, and each empire was administered by bureaucracies staffed by highly trained scribes who held special status. Egypt and China each developed elaborate conceptions of an afterlife world and created games of fate that facilitated access to these realms. This groundbreaking volume offers an innovative comparison of these two civilizations. Through a combination of textual, art historical, and archaeological analyses, Ancient Egypt and Early China reveals shared structural traits of each civilization as well as distinctive features.
