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Author:   Peter Fibiger Bang (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen) ,  Walter Scheidel (Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.90cm
Weight:   0.998kg
ISBN:  

9780195188318

ISBN 10:   0195188314
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   31 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Maps Contributors Part I. INTRODUCTION Preface 1 Studying the State Walter Scheidel Part II. NEAR EASTERN STATES 2 Egypt Joseph G. Manning 3 Fertile Crescent City-States Steven Garfinkle 4 Mesopotamian Empires Gojko Barjamovic 5 Anatolian States Trevor Bryce 6 Jewish States Seth Schwartz 7 Iranian Empires Josef Wiesehöfer Part III. AEGEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS 8 Bronze Age Greece John Bennet 9 Greek City-States Mogens H. Hansen 10 Greek Multi-City States Ian Morris 11 The Greek Koinon Emily Mackil 12 Hellenistic Empires John Ma Part IV. CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS 13 Carthage Walter Ameling 14 The Roman Empire I: The Republic Henrik Mouritsen 15 The Roman Empire II: The Monarchy Peter F. Bang Part V. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ANCIENT STATE 16 The Byzantine Successor State John Haldon 17 The Germanic Successor States Ian Wood 18 The First Islamic Empire Chase Robinson Index

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This useful new contribution on the state in Antiquity provides a fascinating overview of almost five millennia of ancient states, from 4th millennium BC Mesopotamian citystates to the 7th century AD Caliphate. * Jorrit M. Kelder, BiOr no. LXXI 3/4 *

<br> Oxford's distinguished series of handbooks on the ancient world continues to expand. This recent addition surveys the principal states in the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean from the fourth millennium BCE to the eighth century.... Each article provides an up-to-date overview of a state's political history and institutional structure and a select bibliography of current scholarship.... An excellent work. Essential. --S. M. Burstein, CHOICE<p><br>

"""Oxford's distinguished series of handbooks on the ancient world continues to expand. This recent addition surveys the principal states in the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean from the fourth millennium BCE to the eighth century.... Each article provides an up-to-date overview of a state's political history and institutional structure and a select bibliography of current scholarship.... An excellent work. Essential.""--S. M. Burstein, CHOICE"

Author Information

Peter Fibiger Bang is Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen. Walter Schiedel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University.

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