Connectivity in antiquity : globalization as a long-term historical process /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	LaBianca, Øystein Sakala, Scham, Sandra Arnold
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Oakville [Conn.] : Equinox Pub., 2006.
Series:	Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
Subjects:	Civilization, Ancient. Economic history > To 500. Commerce > History > To 500. Economic history > Medieval, 500-1500. Commerce > History > Medieval, 500-1500. Mediterranean Region > Antiquities. Middle East > Antiquities.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Introduction : ancient network societies
Grand narratives, technological revolutions and the past : deep-time studies of metallurgy and social evolution in the eastern Mediterranean / Thomas E. Levy
Emerging state connectivity : dynamic urban and economic growth in fourth and third millennium BCE west Syrian societies / William Collins
Trade pulsations, collapse and reorientation in the ancient world / William R. Thompson
The globalizing effects of 'hajj' in the medieval and modern eras / Bethany J. Walker
Connectivity : Transjordan during the Persian period / Paul J. Ray, Jr.
Organic globalization and socialization / Sheldon Lee Gosline
Connectivity in the Longue durée : hadrami Muslims in an Indian Ocean world / Leif Manger
Perceptions of antiquity and the formation of modern resistance identities / Sandra Arnold Scham
Foreign self and familiar other : the impact of 'global' connectivity on New Kingdom Egypt / Jenny Cashman
Nothing new under the sun? / Manuel Castells.