Empires and Diversity: On the Crossroads of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780917956348)

For more than four thousand years, empires have been geographically the largest polities on Earth, shaping in many respects the human past and present in different epochs and on different continents. Covering the time span from the second millennium B.C.E. to the sixteenth century C.E., and geographic areas from China to South America, the case studies included in this volume demonstrate the necessity to combine perspectives from the longue duree and global comparativism with the theory of agency and an understanding of specific contexts for human actions. Contributions from leading scholars examine salient aspects of the Hittite, Assyrian, Ancient Egyptian, Achaemenid and Sasanian Iranian, Zhou to Han Dynasty Chinese, Inka, and Mughal empires.

Author: Gregory E. Areshian
ISBN-10: 0917956346
ISBN-13: 9780917956348
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2013
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d