Cosmopolitanism and Empire Universal Rulers, Local Elites, and Cultural Integration in the Ancient near East and Mediterranean |
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| Author:
| Lavan, Myles
Payne, Richard E.
Weisweiler, John |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Early Empires Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-046566-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Cosmopolitanism and Empire traces the development of cosmopolitan cultural techniques through which ancient empires managed difference in order to establish regimes of domination. Its case studies of Near Eastern and Mediterranean empires combine to demonstrate the centrality of cosmopolitanism to the establishment and endurance of trans-cultural political orders.
Cosmopolitanism and Empire traces the development of cosmopolitan cultural techniques through which ancient empires managed difference in order to establish regimes of domination. Its case studies of Near Eastern and Mediterranean empires combine to demonstrate the centrality of cosmopolitanism to the establishment and endurance of trans-cultural political orders.