Long Millennium - Affluence, Architecture and Its Dark Matter Economy

This history of the 'long' first millennium CE, from the period of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Colonial Age, takes a peripheral-centric approach, arguing that the rising chiefdoms of this period were key partners to urban-based civilizations.

List of contents

Introduction: Leading Questions
Part 1

1. The Case of Musa I


2. Dark Matter Affluence and Sweet Spot Systems


3. Cross-Ecological Delivery Economies

Part 2

1. "The Most Outlying Lands"


2. The Sri Lanka Wealth Rush


3. South Indian Emergence


4. The Central Role of Borneo


5. The Indonesian Seaway


6. The Sub-Himalayan – Yungui Plateau Sweet Spot


7. The East Africa Coastal Sweet Spot


8. The North Sea Lattitude Sweet Spot

Part 3

1. Beyond the Binary


2. Structural Assymetries


3. Institutions Without Institutionality


4. Crossing Chieftain Geographies

Part 4

1. Shrine Landscapes


2. Feast and Dance


3. Great Works


4. Palace Universes


5. Looking and Sounding the Part

Coda: Death by a Thousand Cuts

About the author

Mark Jarzombek is Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture in the Department of Architecture at MIT. In addition to his numerous articles and other works, he has published two textbooks: A Global History of Architecture with co-author Vikramaditya Prakash (2017) and Architecture of First Societies, a Global Perspective (2014). In 2013, Jarzombek and Prakash founded the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC) through a multimillion dollar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It supports scholars from around the world who are committed to infusing a global perspective into their academic and teaching practices.

Summary

This history of the ‘long’ first millennium CE, from the period of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Colonial Age, takes a peripheral-centric approach, arguing that the rising chiefdoms of this period were key partners to urban-based civilizations.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Jarzombek, Jarzombek Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032244167
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224416-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Global Histories Before Globalisation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, HISTORY / Social History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, Industrialisation & Industrial History, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, International Trade, c 1 to c 500 CE, International trade and commerce, Industrialisation and industrial history, History;Medieval;Literature;Architecture;Economy