Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

book: Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Volume 2: Local, Regional, and Imperial Economies

Edited by: Sitta von Reden
In collaboration with: Lara Fabian and Eli J. S. Weaverdyck

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110607642

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Contents

About this book

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 enabled and constrained economic outcomes. A central focus are nodes of consumption that are visible in the archaeological and textual records of royal capitals, cities, religious centers, and armies that were stationed, in some cases permanently, in imperial frontier zones. Complementary to the multipolar concentrations of consumption are the fiscal-tributary structures of the empires vis-à-vis other institutions that had the capacity to extract, mobilize, and concentrate resources and wealth. Larger volumes of state-issued coinage in various metals show the new role of coinage in taxation, local economic activities, and social practices, even where textual evidence is absent. Given the overwhelming importance of agriculture, the volume also analyses forms of agrarian development, especially around cities and in imperial frontier zones. Special consideration is given to road- and water-management systems for which there is now sufficient archaeological and documentary evidence to enable cross-disciplinary comparative research.

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Sitta von Reden, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	v
Contents Open Access Download PDF	vii
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	xi
Transliteration and Orthography Open Access Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	xv
Introduction to the Second Volume Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	1
Preludes
1 Globalization beyond the Silk Road: Writing Global History of Ancient Economies Milinda Hoo Open Access Download PDF	7
2 Local, Regional, and Imperial Economies Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	29
Part I: Actors
Introduction Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	61
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 Lara Fabian and Eli J. S. Weaverdyck Open Access Download PDF	63
3.B Economic Actors in the Arsakid Empire Razieh Taasob Open Access Download PDF	147
4 Economic Actors under the Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia to the Kushan Empire Lauren Morris Open Access Download PDF	159
5 Territorial and Transterritorial Economic Actors in Early Historic South Asia Mamta Dwivedi Open Access Download PDF	209
6 Economic Actors in Early Imperial China Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	245
Excursus
7 Constituting Local and Imperial Landscapes Eli J. S. Weaverdyck, Lara Fabian, Lauren Morris, Mamta Dwivedi and Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	301
Part II: Tools
Introduction Eli J. S. Weaverdyck Open Access Download PDF	339
8 Mediterranean, Near East, and Iran
8.A Tools of Economic Activity in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: Empires and Coordination Eli J. S. Weaverdyck and Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	341
8.B Tools of Economic Activity in the Arsakid Empire Razieh Taasob and Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	423
9 Tools of Economic Activity from the Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia to the Kushan Empire Lauren Morris Open Access Download PDF	449
10 Tools of Economic Connectivity in Early Historic South Asia Mamta Dwivedi Open Access Download PDF	491
11 Tools of Economic Activity in Early Imperial China Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	531
Part III: Processes
Introduction Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	589
12 Mediterranean, Near East, and Iran
12.A Economic Dynamics in the Hellenistic Empires Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	591
12.B Economic Dynamics in the Arsakid Empire Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	631
12.C Institutions and Economic Relations in the Roman Empire: Consumption, Supply, and Coordination Eli J. S. Weaverdyck Open Access Download PDF	647
13 Economic Development under the Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia to the Kushan Empire: Empire, Migration, and Monasteries Lauren Morris Open Access Download PDF	695
14 Political, Corporate, and Ritual Economic Processes of Early Historic South Asia Mamta Dwivedi Open Access Download PDF	745
15 Structures and Dynamics of the Early Imperial Chinese Economy Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	775
Index Open Access Download PDF	819

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 843
Keywords: Extractive economies; coinage; agrarian development; road- and water- amangement

eBook

Published: December 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110607642

Hardcover

Published: December 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110604528