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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of illustrations; List of maps; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I Political Organization and Interactions of Eurasian Empires; 1 The Political Organization of Steppe Empires and their Contribution to Eurasian Interconnectivity: the Case of ... ; Bibliography; 2 Tang China's Horse Power: the Borderland Breeding Ranch System; Introductory Remarks; The Borderland Ranch System. |
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Herd Management and Herd SizesFactors Influencing Herd Sizes; Personnel; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 Cimmerians and the Scythians: the Impact of Nomadic Powers on the Assyrian Empire and the Ancient Near East; Introduction; Cimmerians and Scythians as 'Nomadic' Powers; Geopolitical Changes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II Socio-Institutional Aspects of Eurasian Empires; 4 Honour and Shame in the Roman Republic; Setting the Stage: the Aristocratic Nature of the Roman Polity; Honour and Shame in the Roman Family. |
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Honour and Shame in the Roman SenateHonour and Shame in the Roman Military; Bibliography; 5 Honour and Shame in Han China; Introductory Remarks; The Redefinition of Shame in the Warring States; Honour and the Han Bureaucracy; Honour and Violence in the Han; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6 Slavery and Forced Labour in Early China and the Roman World; Introduction; The Status and Sources of Slaves; The Scale of Slavery; Slave Labour; Incentive Structures; Forced Labour; State Power and Economic Development; Bibliography. |
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Part III Cultural Legacies of Eurasian Empires7 Homer and the Shi Jing as Imperial Texts; Introduction; Attempts at Dating Homeric Epic; Attempts to Date the Shi Jing; Songs of Empire, I: the Shi Jing; Songs of Empire, II: Homer; Conclusion: Reading Homer and the Shi Jing as Imperial Texts; Bibliography; 8 The Serpent from Persia: Manichaeism in Rome and China; Introduction; Manichaean Mission in the Roman Empire; The Eastward Expansion of Manichaeism; Central Asia and Egypt; a Century of Discoveries; Crossing Boundaries. |
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Part IV Archaeology of Eurasian Empires; 9 Alans in the Southern Caucasus?; Introduction; Cultures and Traditions, Ethnicities and Identities; Samtavro: the Archaeological Evidence; Tile-Lined Tombs (Figures 9.3 (b)-(c); 9.4 (e); 9.5 (b)); Stone Cist Tombs (Figures 9.3 (e); 9.4 (a)-(d)); The Dead and Their Belongings; Samtavro Chronology; Over the Mountains: Alanic Burial Grounds in the Northern Caucasus; The Northern Tombs and their Contents; Post-Depositional Disturbance of Grave Deposits; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
A comparative and interdisciplinary study of ancient and medieval Eurasian empires using historical, philological and archaeological evidence. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Eurasia -- History -- To 1500.
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Eurasia. |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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History.
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Kim, Hyun Jin, 1982- editor.
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Vervaet, Frederik, editor.
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Adalı, Selim Ferruh, editor.
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Print version: Kim, Hyun Jin. Eurasian Empires in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages : Contact and Exchange between the Graeco-Roman World, Inner Asia and China. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2017 9781107190412 |
| ISBN |
9781108122511 (electronic book) |
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1108122515 (electronic book) |
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9781108123112 (electronic book) |
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1108123112 (electronic book) |
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9781108115865 |
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1108115861 |
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9781107190412 (hardback) |
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9781316638804 (paperback) |
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