Cosmopolitanism and Empire: Universal Rulers, Local Elites, and Cultural Integration in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean

Cosmopolitanism and Empire: Universal Rulers, Local Elites, and Cultural Integration in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
ISBN-10
0190465662
ISBN-13
9780190465667
Category
History
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2016-10-03
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Richard E. Payne, Myles Lavan, John Weisweiler

Description

"This volume 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"--

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