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Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Volume 1: Contexts

Ed. by Reden, Sitta

In coop. with Dwivedi, Mamta / Fabian, Lara / Leese-Messing, Kathrin / Morris, Lauren / Weaverdyck, Eli J. S.

DE GRUYTER OLDENBOURG

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December 2019
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2020
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Frontmatter

Pages i-iv

Acknowledgements

Pages v-vi

Contents

Pages vii-x

List of Contributors

Pages xi-xii

Transliteration and Orthography

Pages xiii-xiv

Abbreviations

Pages xv-xvi

Introduction: Ancient Economies and Global Connections

Reden, Sitta von

Pages 1-10

Part I: Empires

Introduction

Reden, Sitta von

Pages 13-14

1. The Hellenistic Empires

Reden, Sitta von

Pages 15-52

2. Central Asian Empires

Morris, Lauren

Pages 53-94

3. Early Historic South Asia

Dwivedi, Mamta

Pages 95-128

4. The Qin and Han Empires

Leese-Messing, Kathrin

Pages 129-194

5. The Xiongnu Empire

Brosseder, Ursula

Pages 195-204

6. The Arsakid Empire

Fabian, Lara

Pages 205-240

7. The Roman Empire

Weaverdyck, Eli J. S.

Pages 241-304

Part II: Evidence

Introduction

Reden, Sitta von

Pages 307-311

8. Graeco-Roman Evidence

8.A Material Evidence

Weaverdyck, Eli J. S.

Pages 311-342

8.B Transmitted Texts

Weaverdyck, Eli J. S.

Pages 343-356

8.C Documentary Sources

Reden, Sitta von

Pages 357-380

9. Evidence for Central Asia

Morris, Lauren

Pages 381-422

10. Evidence for Early South Asia

10.A Indic Sources

Dwivedi, Mamta

Pages 423-468

10.B Graeco-Roman Indography

Reden, Sitta von

Pages 469-476

11. Evidence for Arsakid Economic History

Wiesehöfer, Josef

Pages 477-497

12. Qin and Han Evidence

12.A Transmitted Texts

Leese-Messing, Kathrin

Pages 497-528

12.B Excavated Texts

Ma, Tsang Wing

Pages 529-556

12.C Material Evidence: Lacquerware

Leese-Messing, Kathrin

Pages 557-574

Part III: Historiographies

Introduction

Fabian, Lara

Pages 577-580

13. Russian Perspectives on Eurasian Pasts

Fabian, Lara

Pages 581-618

14. The Qin and Han Economies in Modern Chinese and Japanese Historiographies

Ma, Tsang Wing

Pages 619-640

15. Trends in Economic History Writing of Early South Asia

Dwivedi, Mamta

Pages 641-668

16. Constructing Ancient Central Asia’s Economic History

Morris, Lauren

Pages 669-692

17. Economy, Frontiers, and the Silk Road in Western Historiographies of Graeco- Roman Antiquity

Reden, Sitta von / Speidel, Michael

Pages 693-728

Index

Pages 729-758

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