State Power in Ancient China and Rome - Oxford Studies in Early Empires - Walter Scheidel - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780190202248 - January 15, 2015
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State Power in Ancient China and Rome - Oxford Studies in Early Empires

Walter Scheidel

State Power in Ancient China and Rome - Oxford Studies in Early Empires

In a series of pioneering comparative studies, leading historians break new ground by exploring government and power relations in the two largest empires of the ancient world. They shed new light on key issues such as elite formation, the rise of bureaucracies, and the determinants of urban development.


328 pages, 5 figures and 2 maps

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 15, 2015
ISBN13 9780190202248
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Genre Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) - Cultural Region > Italy - Cultural Region > Chinese
Pages 324
Dimensions 159 × 244 × 27 mm   ·   708 g
Language English  
Editor Scheidel, Walter (Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics and History, Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics and History, Stanford University)

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