| War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, and Mesoamerica Revised Edition Contributor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt (Editor), Rosenstein, Nathan (Editor), Bachrach, Bernard S. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0674006593 ISBN-13: 9780674006591 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $19.31 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: organization in their complex interactions with social, economic, and political structures as well as cultural practices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Ancient - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 355.009 |
| Series: Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.51 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is a unique, multi-authored social history of war from the third millennium b.c.e. to the tenth century c.e. in the Mediterranean, the Near East, and Europe with parallel studies of Mesoamerica and East Asia. The product of a colloquium at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, this book 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A.: - 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.Briant, Pierre: - Pierre Briant is Emeritus Professor of History of the Achaemenid World and Alexander's Empire at the Collège de France.Rosenstein, Nathan: - Nathan Rosenstein is Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University.Farris, William Wayne: - William Wayne Farris is Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Haldon, John: - John Haldon is Professor of Byzantine History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University.Yates, Robin D. S.: - Robin D. S. Yates is Assistant Professor of Chinese History, Harvard University. |