Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies Volume 2: Local, Regional, and Imperial Economies

The second volume of the Handbook describes different extractive economies in the world regions that have been outlined in the first volume. A wide range of economic actors - from kings and armies to cities and producers - are discussed within different imperial settings as well as the tools, which...

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Otros Autores: Dwivedi, Mamta, contributor (contributor), Fabian, Lara, contributor (-), Fabian, Lara (editor), Hoo, Milinda, contributor, Leese-Messing, Kathrin, contributor, Morris, Lauren, contributor, Reden, Sitta von, contributor, Reden, Sitta, editor, Taasob, Razieh, contributor, Weaverdyck, Eli J. S., Weaverdyck, Eli J. S., contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2021]
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009783240306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Transliteration and Orthography
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction to the Second Volume
  • Preludes
  • 1 Globalization beyond the Silk Road: Writing Global History of Ancient Economies
  • 2 Local, Regional, and Imperial Economies
  • Part I: Actors
  • Introduction
  • 3 Mediterranean, Near East, and Iran 63 Lara Fabian and Eli J. S. Weaverdyck
  • 3.A Economic Actors in the Hellenistic and Roman Empires: The Mediterranean and Southwest Asia
  • 3.B Economic Actors in the Arsakid Empire
  • 4 Economic Actors under the Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia to the Kushan Empire
  • 5 Territorial and Transterritorial Economic Actors in Early Historic South Asia
  • 6 Economic Actors in Early Imperial China
  • Excursus
  • 7 Constituting Local and Imperial Landscapes
  • Part II: Tools
  • Introduction
  • 8 Mediterranean, Near East, and Iran
  • 8.A Tools of Economic Activity in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: Empires and Coordination
  • 8.B Tools of Economic Activity in the Arsakid Empire
  • 9 Tools of Economic Activity from the Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia to the Kushan Empire
  • 10 Tools of Economic Connectivity in Early Historic South Asia
  • 11 Tools of Economic Activity in Early Imperial China
  • Part III: Processes
  • Introduction
  • 12 Mediterranean, Near East, and Iran
  • 12.A Economic Dynamics in the Hellenistic Empires
  • 12.B Economic Dynamics in the Arsakid Empire
  • 12.C Institutions and Economic Relations in the Roman Empire: Consumption, Supply, and Coordination
  • 13 Economic Development under the Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia to the Kushan Empire: Empire, Migration, and Monasteries
  • 14 Political, Corporate, and Ritual Economic Processes of Early Historic South Asia
  • 15 Structures and Dynamics of the Early Imperial Chinese Economy
  • Index