Imperial Cults: Religion and Empire in Early China and Rome 0197666043, 9780197666043

Imperial Cults: Religion and Empire in Early China and Rome 0197666043, 9780197666043

Imperial Cults is a comparative study of the transformation of imperial religion and imperial authority in the early Han

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The Empire of the Text: Writing and Authority in Early Imperial China 0847687384, 9780847687381

This unique study argues that in the Qin-Han period, there arose in China a regime of textual authority_one that overlap

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Interpreters in Early Imperial China 9027224447, 9789027224446

This monograph examines interpreters in early imperial China and their roles in the making of archival records about for

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Cults, religion, and violence 9780511086861, 9780521668989, 9780521660648

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Leadership and initiative in late republican and early imperial Rome 9789004511392

"What does it mean to be a leader? This collection of seventeen studies breaks new ground in our understanding of l

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Wronged by Empire: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China 9780804788434

Although India and China have very different experiences of colonialism, they respond to that history in a similar way—b

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Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society 9781501301971

“Over the centuries, Paul has been understood as the prototypical convert from Judaism to Christianity. At the time of P

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Women and Power in Imperial China 9781495170638

Women and Power in Imperial China focuses on the status and roles of women in China, especially those who had a signific

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Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363: The New Empire 9780748629213

This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and t

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Pollution and Religion in Ancient Rome

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