Empires to be remembered : ancient worlds through modern times
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Empires to be remembered : ancient worlds through modern times
(Universal- und kulturhistorische studien = Studies in universal and cultural history)
Springer VS, c2022
- : pbk
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"The contributions of this volume originate from an international conference held in Vienna, November 24-28, 2015, hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
By applying a comparative approach the volume focuses on a select group of "empires" which are generally not in the focus of empires studies. They are studied in detail and analyzed due to a strict concept that takes into account real history and reception history as well. Reception history becomes more and more an important element in empire studies although this topic is still often more or less underdeveloped. The volume singles out a series of such "forgotten empires". It aims to provide a methodologically clearly structured as well as a uniform and consistent approach. It develops a general set of questions that help to compare and distinguish these entities. This way the volume intends to examine and to illuminate empires that are generally ignored by modern scholarship.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- I. Theories of Empires: an ongoing debate.- II. Empires and Bureaucracies.- III. Europe | Europa.- IV. Early Medieval Steppe Empires in Europe.- V. The Mediterranean and the Near East | Das Mittelmeer und Vorderasien.- VI. Central Asia before Islam.- VII. Iranian and Central Asian Formations of Empires in the Shadow of Mongol Rule.- VIII. Southeast Asia.- IX. Africa and Eurocentrism.- X. The Americas | Die Amerikas.- XI. General Observations and Considerations. Mit Beitragen von Graham CONNAH, Alexander DEMANDT, Boguslaw DYBAS, Sven EXTERNBRINK, Tilman FRASCH, Michael GEHLER, Leonhard HARDING, Birgitt HOFFMANN, Milinda HOO, Doris KURELLA, Bernhard PALME, Jurgen PAUL, Walter POHL, Friedrich POEHL, Khodadad REZAKHANI, Robert ROLLINGER, Kai RUFFING, Arno SONDEREGGER, Arnold SUPPAN, Secil ULUISIK, Matthew W. WATERS, Josef WIESEHOEFER, Daniel ZIEMANN
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