This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.
The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world
Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas
Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields
Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge
Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialists

This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.
The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world
Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas
Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields
Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge
Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialists

This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction.
Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican Rome
Includes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sources
Contributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship

A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. * The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic Greece * Places Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical context * Gives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicity * Combines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themes * Explores the impact of Eastern and other non-Greek cultures in the development of Greece * Uses archaeological and literary evidence to reconstruct broad patterns of social and cultural development

Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories. * Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines * Truly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas * Includes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of DiscoveryProvides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient IndiaExplores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials

This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction.
Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican Rome
Includes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sources
Contributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship

A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period.The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic GreecePlaces Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical contextGives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicityCombines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themesExplores the impact of Eastern and other non-Greek cultures in the development of GreeceUses archaeological and literary evidence to reconstruct broad patterns of social and cultural development

The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds. * Borrows themes from The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man (1946), updating an old topic with a new approach and up-to-date theoretical underpinning, evidence, and scholarship * Provides a broad scope of studies, including discussion of highly developed ancient or early civilizations in China, India, West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas * Examines the world view of ten ancient or early societies, reconstructed from their own texts, concerning the place of human beings in society and state, in nature and cosmos, in space and time, in life and death, and in relation to those in power and the world of the divine * Considers a diversity of sources representing a wide array of particular responses to differing environments, circumstances, and intellectual challenges * Reflects a more inclusive and nuanced historiographical attitude with respect to non-elites, gender, and local variations * Brings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by an internationally renowned scholar

Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not. * Explores the idea that concepts of peace in antiquity occurred only in periods that experienced exceptional rates of warfare * Utilizes case studies of civilizations in China, India, Egypt, and Greece * Complements the 2007 volume War and Peace in the Ancient World, drawing on ideas from that work and providing a more comprehensive examination