Rome and China

Rome and China Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires

The processes of initial convergence and subsequent divergence in Eurasian state formation have never been the object of systematic comparative analysis. This volume, which brings together experts in the history of ancient Mediterranean and early China, seeks to make a first step in this direction, by presenting a series of comparative case studies on clearly defined aspects of state formation in early eastern and western Eurasia.
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