The Limits of Universal Rule

Eurasian Empires Compared

The Limits of Universal Rule
Yuri Pines, Michal Biran, Joerg Rupke
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21 Jan 2021 UK
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9781108488631
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All major continental empires proclaimed their desire to rule ' the entire world' , investing considerable human and material resources in expanding their territory. Each, however, eventually had to stop expansion and come to terms with a shift to defensive strategy. This volume explores the factors that facilitated Eurasian empires' expansion and contraction: from ideology to ecology, economic and military considerations to changing composition of the imperial elites. Built around a common set of questions, a team of leading specialists systematically compare a broad set of Eurasian empires - from Achaemenid Iran, the Romans, Qin and Han China, via the Caliphate, the Byzantines and the Mongols to the Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals, Russians, and Ming and Qing China. The result is a state-of-the art analysis of the major imperial enterprises in Eurasian history from antiquity to the early modern that discerns both commonalities and differences in the empires' spatial trajectories.
' By considering a range of factors that influenced the expansion and contraction of ancient Eurasian empires, including ideological, military, economic, political and ecological, this book offers fascinating new insights into the study of empires, and also points historians towards exciting new directions in the developing field of comparative imperial analysis. ' Craig Benjamin, author of Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE - 250 CE ' Ranging across time and space, this volume offers a timely investigation of the limits of universal imperial claims and constitutes an especially valuable critical contribution to comparative imperial studies. These essays add vibrancy to an already exciting field and open new areas of discussion that will further stimulate historical research. ' Nicola Di Cosmo, author of Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History ' A captivating collection of essays about empires of the past and the factors that determined their territorial extent. Alongside a few familiar examples, such as Rome and the Mongols, are many little-studied empires in the Islamic world, Russia, and China. Consistently compelling reading. ' Valerie Hansen, author of The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the Globe-and Globalization Began
Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor in Chinese Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michal Biran is Max and Sophie Maydans Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Joerg Rupke is Fellow in Religious Studies and Vice-Director of the Max Weber Centre at Erfurt, Germany.
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ISBN-13: 9781108488631
Published: 21 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 719g
Pages: 350

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