Peace in the Ancient World Concepts and Theories
, by Raaflaub, Kurt A.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781118645123 | 111864512X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/23/2016
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