"This volume which brings together experts in the history of the ancient Mediterranean and early China, makes a first step in this direction by presenting a series of comparative case studies on clearly defined aspects of state formation in early eastern and western Eurasia, foc…
Acknowledgments. List of maps, figures, and tables. Notes on contributors. Chronology. Maps. Introduction, Walter Scheidel. 1. From the "Great Convergence" to the "First Great Divergence:" Roman and Qin Han State Formation and its Aftermath, Walter Scheidel. 2. War, State Format…
Wang Fu and the Comments of a Recluse
"In Literate Community in Early Imperial China, Charles Sanft looks at interactions with text during the Han period and argues that they were more widespread than has been recognized. Archaeologists have excavated a tremendous number of written materials left behind at military …
