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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| Language: | English |
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München ; Wien :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- 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
