Connectivity in Antiquity - Globalization As a Long-Term Historical Process

Informationen zum Autor Oystein S. LaBianca, Sandra Arnold Scham Klappentext Two concepts that have become the current watchwords for the media as well as academia, globalisation and long-term historical processes, are brought together in this collection of papers. Zusammenfassung Two concepts that have become the current watchwords for the media as well as academia, globalisation and long-term historical processes, are brought together in this collection of papers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ancient Network Societies? ( A ystein LaBianca and Sandra Arnold Scham )|Section One: The 'Space of Flows' in Antiquity:|1. Grand Narratives, Technological Revolutions and the Past: Deep-Time Studies of Metallurgy and Social Evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean ( Thomas E. Levy, UCSD )|2. Emerging State Connectivity: Dynamic Urban and Economic Growth in Third Millennium BCE West Syrian Societies ( William Collins, UC Berkeley )|3. Trade Pulsations, Collapse and Reorientation in the Ancient World ( William R. Thompson, Indiana University )|Section Two: Cognitive Globalization in History:|4. The Globalizing Effects of Hajj in the Medieval and Modern Eras ( Bethany J. Walker, Oklahoma State University )|5. Connectivity: Transjordan during the Persian Period ( Paul J. Ray, Jr., Andrews University )|6. The Organic Globalization and Socialization of Civilization ( Sheldon Lee Gosline, Sangri-La Press )|Section Three: Antiquity and the Power of Identity:|7. Connectivity in the Longue Duree: Hadramis from South Yemen in an Indian Ocean World ( Leif Manger, University of Bergen )|8. Perceptions of Antiquity and the Formation of Modern Resistance Identities ( Sandra Arnold Scham )|9. Foreign Self and Familiar Other: The Impact of "Global" Connectivity on New|Kingdom Egypt ( Jenny Cashman, Oxford University )|10. Comments and Conclusions ( Manuel Castells, UC Berkeley )

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• Authors: Sandra Arnold Scham, Oystein S. Labianca, Oystein S. Arnold Scham Labianca, Oystein S. Scham Labianca, LaBianca Oystein S.
• Assisted by: Qystein S. Labianca (Editor), Sandara Arnold Scham (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2005
• EAN: 9781904768135
• ISBN: 978-1-904768-13-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Approaches to Anthropological; Approaches to Anthropological
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Ancient World, International Trade, International trade and commerce