Musket, Map and Money:: How Military Technology Shaped Geopolitics and Economics

Jimmy Teng

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2014

Musket, Map and Money:

How Military Technology Shaped Geopolitics and Economics

Jimmy Teng

https://doi.org/10.2478/9788376560595

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About this book

Waves of military technological changes have swept through the Eurasian land mass since the dawn of civilization. Military technological changes decisively shaped geopolitics and the fortunes of states, empires and civilizations. In his book Jimmy Teng claims that to understand the impacts of these military technological changes is in fact to understand the causes behind the following major historical puzzles or important facts: the leading position of the Near East during the dawn of civilization; the splendid achievements of Greece, India and China during the axial era; the classical golden age of India under the Gupta Empire; the Abbasid Golden Age of the Islamic world and the Sung Puzzle of China during the medieval era; and the rise of the West during the early modern and modern era.

Geopolitics, Interstate Rivalry, Economic Development

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Jimmy Teng, School of Economics at The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
CHAPTER 1 Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	8
CHAPTER 2 Military Technology, Geopolitics and Economic Development Publicly Available Download PDF	19
CHAPTER 3 Ancient Middle Eastern Leadership Publicly Available Download PDF	45
CHAPTER 4 Classical Pluralism Publicly Available Download PDF	59
CHAPTER 5 Gupta Efflorescence Publicly Available Download PDF	79
CHAPTER 6 Abbasid Golden Age and Sung Puzzle Publicly Available Download PDF	95
CHAPTER 7 The Rise of the West Publicly Available Download PDF	127
EPILOGUE The Contemporary Global State System Publicly Available Download PDF	163
Bibliography Publicly Available Download PDF	167
Index Publicly Available Download PDF	185

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Economists, economic historians, political scientists, sociologists, general reader of macroeconomics and world history
Pages
- Main content: 196
Keywords: International Political Competition; Economic Development; World History; Military Technology

eBook

Published: January 31, 2014
ISBN: 9788376560595

Hardcover

Published: January 31, 2014
ISBN: 9788376560588