State Power in Ancient China and Rome by Walter Scheidel

State Power in Ancient China and Rome

Walter Scheidel

324 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced
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Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage...

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