The limits of universal rule: Eurasian empires compared

"This is a book about Eurasian empires and their spatial dimensions. Which factors prompted the empires' expansion causing some of their leaders to embark on ever more costly wars at the remote frontiers? Which factors, conversely, put limits to this expansion? How did the builders and cus...

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其他作者: Pines, Yuri 1964- (Editor) ; Biran, Michal 1965- (Editor) ; Rüpke, Jörg 1962- (Editor)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eurasien / 大国 / 統治 / 比較
Further subjects:B Space Political aspects (Eurasia)
B Konferenzschrift 2015 (Erfurt)
B Eurasia Territorial expansion
B Imperialism History
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總結:"This is a book about Eurasian empires and their spatial dimensions. Which factors prompted the empires' expansion causing some of their leaders to embark on ever more costly wars at the remote frontiers? Which factors, conversely, put limits to this expansion? How did the builders and custodians of major empires conceive of their space? And what measures did they take to integrate this vast space into a coherent political entity? To what extent were the empires' expansion and contraction influenced by common factors - from ecology to ideology, from military and economic considerations to the nature of the ruling elite? How did these distinct factors influence the trajectories of individual empires?"--
Item Description:Erfurt 2015 conference (Seite xiii)
ISBN:1108488633