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Ancient States and Infrastructural Power examines how early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capacity to enforce them. Contributors trace how state power first developed from the Andes to China, from Babylon to Rome.

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"This book is an enormously valuable and interesting enterprise. It offers persuasive and provocative interpretations of the operations and effectiveness of state power in the ancient world." * Neville Morley, University of Exeter *

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 05/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9780812249316, 978-0812249316
      ISBN10: 0812249313
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      Ancient history Historiography

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ancient States and Infrastructural Power examines how early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capacity to enforce them. Contributors trace how state power first developed from the Andes to China, from Babylon to Rome.

      Trade Review
      "This book is an enormously valuable and interesting enterprise. It offers persuasive and provocative interpretations of the operations and effectiveness of state power in the ancient world." * Neville Morley, University of Exeter *

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