War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds - Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, and Mesoamerica

A social history of war from the 3rd millennium BCE to the 10th-century CE in the Mediterranean, the Near East and Europe with parallel studies of Mesoamerica and East Asia. The volume examines war and military organization in their interactions with social, economic and political structures.

Info autore

Kurt A. Raaflaub is Professor of Classics and History at Brown University and Joint Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.Nathan Rosenstein is Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University.Pierre Briant is Emeritus Professor of History of the Achaemenid World and Alexander’s Empire at the Collège de France.William Wayne Farris is Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.John Haldon is Professor of Byzantine History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University.Robin D. S. Yates is Assistant Professor of Chinese History, Harvard University.

Riassunto

The product of a colloquium at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, this volume offers a broadly based, comparative examination of war and military organization in their complex interactions with social, economic, and political structures as well as cultural practices.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Kurt Raaflaub (Editore), Kurt A. Raaflaub (Editore), Nathan Rosenstein (Editore), Nathan S. Rosenstein (Editore), Rosenstein Nathan (Editore)
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.10.2001
• EAN: 9780674006591
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00659-1
• Peso: 689 g
• Illustrazioni: 1 line illustration, 2 halftones, 16 maps
• Serie: Center for Hellenic Studies Co; Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S.; Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S.; Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia; Center for Hellenic Studies Co; The Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia (HUP)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Warfare & defence, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Warfare and defence, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory