【书讯】Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China

Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China

Edited by Hans Beck, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, Griet Vankeerberghen, McGill University, Montréal

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Online publication date:January 2021

Print publication year:2021

Online ISBN:9781108641166

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108641166

Subjects:Ancient History, East Asian History, Classical Studies, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History

Situated on opposite flanks of Eurasia, ancient Mediterranean and Han-Chinese societies had a hazy understanding of each other's existence. But they had no grounded knowledge about one another, nor was there any form of direct interaction. In other words, their historical trajectories were independent. In recent years, however, many similarities between both cultures have been detected, which has energized the field of comparative history. The present volume adds to the debate a creative method of juxtaposing historical societies. Each contribution covers both ancient China and the Mediterranean in an accessible manner. Embarking from the observation that Greek, Roman, and Han-Chinese societies were governed by comparable features, the contributors to this volume explain the dynamic interplay between political rulers and the ruled masses in their culture specific manifestation as demos (Greece), populus (Rome) and min (China).

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Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China - Title pagepp iii-iii

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Figurespp vii-vii

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Tablespp viii-viii

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Contributorspp x-xii

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Prefacepp xiii-xv

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Select Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean

Chronology of the Ancient Mediterraneanpp xvi-xvi

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Chronology of Ancient Chinapp xvii-xvii

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Select Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome

Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Romepp xviii-xxvi

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The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient Worldpp 1-22

δῆμος – populus – 民 min

By Hans Beck, Griet Vankeerberghen

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Part I - Authority and Lifestyles of Distinctionpp 23-130

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Select Chapter 1 - Of Gold and Purple: Nobles in Western Han China and Republican Rome

Chapter 1 - Of Gold and Purple: Nobles in Western Han China and Republican Romepp 25-69

By Griet Vankeerberghen

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Select Chapter 2 - A Tale of Two Stones

Chapter 2 - A Tale of Two Stonespp 70-101

Social Memory in Roman Greece and Han China

By Miranda Brown, Zhongwei Zhang

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Select Chapter 3 - Private Associations and Urban Experience in the Han and Roman Empires

Chapter 3 - Private Associations and Urban Experience in the Han and Roman Empirespp 102-130

By Carlos F. Noreña

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Glossarypp 443-449

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Indexpp 450-454

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