The Dynamics of Ancient Empires (Pocket)
avIan (EDT) Morris, Walter (EDT) Scheidel, Ian (EDT) Morris
ISBN: 9780199758340 - UTGIVEN: 2010-09Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by promoting cross-cultural, comparat[...]
Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States (Inbunden)
avAndrew (EDT) Monson, Walter (EDT) Scheidel, Andrew (EDT) Monson
ISBN: 9781107089204 - UTGIVEN: 2015-04Inspired by the New Fiscal History, this book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary money, challenging the notion of a typical pr[...]
Rome and China (Pocket)
avWalter (EDT) Scheidel
ISBN: 9780199758357 - UTGIVEN: 2010-12Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by promoting cross-cultural, comparat[...]
