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Cosmopolitanism and empire : universal rulers, local elites, and cultural integration in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean

The empires of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean invented cosmopolitan politics. In the first millennia BCE and CE, a succession of territorially extensive states incorporated populations of unprecedented cultural diversity. This volume traces the development of cultural techniques through whi...

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Mitwirkende: Lavan, Myles (HerausgeberIn)
Payne, Richard E. (HerausgeberIn)
Weisweiler, John (HerausgeberIn)
Dokumenttyp: Online-Ressource Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Oxford University Press , 2016
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in early empires
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Verantwortlich:Myles Lavan, Richard E. Payne and John Weisweiler
E-Book-Pakete:Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection
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Zusammenfassung:The empires of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean invented cosmopolitan politics. In the first millennia BCE and CE, a succession of territorially extensive states incorporated populations of unprecedented cultural diversity. This volume traces the development of cultural techniques through which empires managed difference in order to establish effective, enduring regimes of domination. It focuses on the relations of imperial elites with culturally distinct local elites, offering a comparative perspective on the varying depth and modalities of elite integration in five empires of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2016
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780190465681