Limits of Universal Rule - Eurasian Empires Compared

This volume explores the dynamics of expansion and contraction of major continental empires in Eurasia. It is the first comparative study that systematically addresses the factors - ideological, ecological, military, economical, and other - that shaped the empires' space.

Table des matières

Foreword; Introduction. Empires and their Space Yuri Pines, with Michal Biran and Jörg Rüpke; 1. From the Mediterranean to the Indus Valley: Modalities and Limitations of the Achaemenid Imperial Space Pierre Briant; 2. Limits of All-under-Heaven: Ideology and Praxis of 'Great Unity' in Early Chinese Empire Yuri Pines; 3. The Roman Empire Wolfgang Spickermann; 4. The Medieval Roman Empire of the East as Spatial Phenomenon (300-1204 CE) Johannes Preiser-Kapeller; 5. Early Islamic Imperial Space A. C. S. Peacock; 6. The Mongol Imperial Space: From Universalism to Glocalization Michal Biran; 7. The Territories and Boundaries of Empires: Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Stephen F. Dale; 8. Delimiting the Realm under the Ming Dynasty David M. Robinson; 9. The Expansion of the Qing Empire Before 1800 Matthew W. Mosca; 10. All under the Tsar: Russia's Eurasian Trajectory Jane Burbank.

Résumé

This volume explores the dynamics of expansion and contraction of major continental empires in Eurasia. It is the first comparative study that systematically addresses the factors - ideological, ecological, military, economical, and other - that shaped the empires' space.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Yuri (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Biran Pines
• Collaboration: Michal Biran (Editeur), Biran Michal (Editeur), Yuri Pines (Editeur), Pines Yuri (Editeur), Jörg Rüpke (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108488631
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48863-1
• Pages: 350
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Epoque moderne jusqu'en 1918; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Historical Geography