Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies: Volume 1: Contexts

book: Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Volume 1: Contexts

Edited by: Sitta von Reden
In collaboration with: Mamta Dwivedi , Lara Fabian , Kathrin Leese-Messing , Lauren Morris and Eli J. S. Weaverdyck

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110607741

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About this book

The notion of the “Silk Road” that the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen invented in the 19th century has lost attraction to scholars in light of large amounts of new evidence and new approaches. The handbook suggests new conceptual and methodological tools for researching ancient economic exchange in a global perspective with a strong focus on recent debates on the nature of pre-modern empires.
The interdisciplinary team of Chinese, Indian and Graeco-Roman historians, archaeologists and anthropologists that has written this handbook compares different forms of economic development in agrarian and steppe regions in a period of accelerated empire formation during 300 BCE and 300 CE. It investigates inter-imperial zones and networks of exchange which were crucial for ancient Eurasian connections.
Volume I provides a comparative history of the most important empires forming in Northern Africa, Europe and Asia between 300 BCE and 300 CE. It surveys a wide range of evidence that can be brought to bear on economic development in the these empires, and takes stock of the ways academic traditions have shaped different understandings of economic and imperial development as well as Silk-Road exchange in Russia, China, India and Western Graeco-Roman history.

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Sitta von Reden, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Transliteration and Orthography Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction: Ancient Economies and Global Connections Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Empires
Introduction Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	13
1. The Hellenistic Empires Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	15
2. Central Asian Empires Lauren Morris Open Access Download PDF	53
3. Early Historic South Asia Mamta Dwivedi Open Access Download PDF	95
4. The Qin and Han Empires Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	129
5. The Xiongnu Empire Ursula Brosseder Open Access Download PDF	195
6. The Arsakid Empire Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	205
7. The Roman Empire Eli J. S. Weaverdyck Open Access Download PDF	241
Part II: Evidence
Introduction Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	307
8. Graeco-Roman Evidence
8.A Material Evidence Eli J. S. Weaverdyck Open Access Download PDF	311
8.B Transmitted Texts Eli J. S. Weaverdyck Open Access Download PDF	343
8.C Documentary Sources Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	357
9. Evidence for Central Asia Lauren Morris Open Access Download PDF	381
10. Evidence for Early South Asia
10.A Indic Sources Mamta Dwivedi Open Access Download PDF	423
10.B Graeco-Roman Indography Sitta von Reden Open Access Download PDF	469
11. Evidence for Arsakid Economic History Josef Wiesehöfer Open Access Download PDF	477
12. Qin and Han Evidence
12.A Transmitted Texts Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	497
12.B Excavated Texts Tsang Wing Ma Open Access Download PDF	529
12.C Material Evidence: Lacquerware Kathrin Leese-Messing Open Access Download PDF	557
Part III: Historiographies
Introduction Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	577
13. Russian Perspectives on Eurasian Pasts Lara Fabian Open Access Download PDF	581
14. The Qin and Han Economies in Modern Chinese and Japanese Historiographies Tsang Wing Ma Open Access Download PDF	619
15. Trends in Economic History Writing of Early South Asia Mamta Dwivedi Open Access Download PDF	641
16. Constructing Ancient Central Asia’s Economic History Lauren Morris Open Access Download PDF	669
17. Economy, Frontiers, and the Silk Road in Western Historiographies of Graeco- Roman Antiquity Sitta von Reden and Michael Speidel Open Access Download PDF	693
Index Open Access Download PDF	729

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Students and researchers in Ancient Histoyr, Global History, Economic History
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 758
Illustrations
- Tables: 1

eBook

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110607741

Hardcover

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110604511