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Ancient Economies in Comparative Perspective

FRONTIERS IN ECONOMIC HIST: ANCNT ECONS CMPRTV PRSPCTV

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<P>This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it studies various aspects of ancient economies, such as the material living conditions including production technologies, etc.; economic institutions such as markets and coinage; as well as the economic thinking of the time. In the process, it also explores the comparability of economic thought, economic institutions, and economic systems in ancient history. Focusing on the Ancient Near East as well as the Mediterranean, including Greece and Rome, this comparative perspective makes it possible to identify historical permanencies, but also diverse forms of social and political organization and cultural systems. These institutions are then evaluated in terms of their capacity to solve economic problems, such as the efficient use of resources or political stability. The first part of the book introduces readers to the methodological context of the comparative approach, including an evaluation of the related historiographical tradition. Subsequent parts discuss a range of development models, elements of economic thinking in ancient societies, the role of trade and globalization, and the use of monetary and financial instruments, as well as political aspects.</P>

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Front Cover.
Frontiers in Economic History.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction.
1: Methodology for the Economic History and the History of Economic Thought of Antiquity.
2: Ancient Economies: The Challenge of Mapping Complexity.
3: The Significance of Economic Knowledge for Welfare and Economic Growth in History.
4: For a Comparative History of Economic Thought.
5: Economics as a Comparative Science from the Historical School to Otto Neurath.
6: Development Models.
7: Archaeological Evidence of the Political Economy in Pre-State and Early State Societies in the Near East. Mesopotamia and Anatolia, Some Remarks and Comparisons.
8: Clash of the Titans: The Economics of Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia Between Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Models.
9: Modelling Modes of Production: European 3rd and 2nd Millennium BC Economies.
10: Political/Ideological Display or Economic Need? The Problematical Picture of the Hydraulic Networks in Seventh Century BC Assyria.
11: The &#x2018;Many Faces&#x2019; of the Roman Economy: Modern Preconceptions and Some Considerations on Capital, Technology, and Labour.
12: Trade, Specialisation and Growth.
13: Weight-Based Trade and the Formation of a Global Network: Material Correlates of Market Exchange in Pre-literate Bronze Age Europe (c. 2300&#x2013;800 BC).
14: Specialisation, Exchanges and Socio-Economic Strategies of Italian Bronze Age Elites: The Case of Aegean-Type Pottery.
15: The Economic and Productive Processes in the Hellenistic &#x2018;Globalization&#x2019;: From the Archaeological Documentation to the Historical Reconstruction.
16: New Institutional Economics and the Rhodian Economy: Some Preliminary Considerations.
17: Debts, Slaves and Finance.
18: The Edicts of Debt Remission: A Political Tool of Economic Intervention.
19: Some Observations on the Development of a Sacred Economy from the Archaic Age up to Hellenism.
20: Debt and Usury: Economic and Financial Questions in the Roman Republic (Fifth&#x2013;First Century B.C.).
21: The Two-Way Relationship Between Freedman and Business in the Roman World.
22: Slaves Sales in the Roman Empire and Perspectives of Comparison.

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