Peter Fibiger Bang is Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen.Walter Schiedel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University.

This useful new contribution on the state in Antiquity provides a fascinating overview of almost five millennia of ancient states, from 4th millennium BC Mesopotamian citystates to the 7th century AD Caliphate.

• List of Maps ; Contributors ; Part I. INTRODUCTION ; Preface ; 1 Studying the State ; Walter Scheidel ; Part II. NEAR EASTERN STATES ; 2 Egypt ; Joseph G. Manning ; 3 Fertile Crescent City-States ; Steven Garfinkle ; 4 Mesopotamian Empires ; Gojko Barjamovic ; 5 Anatolian States ; Trevor Bryce ; 6 Jewish States ; Seth Schwartz ; 7 Iranian Empires ; Josef Wiesehofer ; Part III. AEGEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS ; 8 Bronze Age Greece ; John Bennet ; 9 Greek City-States ; Mogens H. Hansen ; 10 Greek Multi-City States ; Ian Morris ; 11 The Greek Koinon ; Emily Mackil ; 12 Hellenistic Empires ; John Ma ; Part IV. CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS ; 13 Carthage ; Walter Ameling ; 14 The Roman Empire I: The Republic ; Henrik Mouritsen ; 15 The Roman Empire II: The Monarchy ; Peter F. Bang ; Part V. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ANCIENT STATE ; 16 The Byzantine Successor State ; John Haldon ; 17 The Germanic Successor States ; Ian Wood ; 18 The First Islamic Empire ; Chase Robinson ; Index

Peter Fibiger Bang is Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen.Walter Schiedel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University.

This useful new contribution on the state in Antiquity provides a fascinating overview of almost five millennia of ancient states, from 4th millennium BC Mesopotamian citystates to the 7th century AD Caliphate.

• List of Maps ; Contributors ; Part I. INTRODUCTION ; Preface ; 1 Studying the State ; Walter Scheidel ; Part II. NEAR EASTERN STATES ; 2 Egypt ; Joseph G. Manning ; 3 Fertile Crescent City-States ; Steven Garfinkle ; 4 Mesopotamian Empires ; Gojko Barjamovic ; 5 Anatolian States ; Trevor Bryce ; 6 Jewish States ; Seth Schwartz ; 7 Iranian Empires ; Josef Wiesehofer ; Part III. AEGEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS ; 8 Bronze Age Greece ; John Bennet ; 9 Greek City-States ; Mogens H. Hansen ; 10 Greek Multi-City States ; Ian Morris ; 11 The Greek Koinon ; Emily Mackil ; 12 Hellenistic Empires ; John Ma ; Part IV. CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS ; 13 Carthage ; Walter Ameling ; 14 The Roman Empire I: The Republic ; Henrik Mouritsen ; 15 The Roman Empire II: The Monarchy ; Peter F. Bang ; Part V. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ANCIENT STATE ; 16 The Byzantine Successor State ; John Haldon ; 17 The Germanic Successor States ; Ian Wood ; 18 The First Islamic Empire ; Chase Robinson ; Index

Peter Fibiger Bang is Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen.Walter Schiedel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University.

This useful new contribution on the state in Antiquity provides a fascinating overview of almost five millennia of ancient states, from 4th millennium BC Mesopotamian citystates to the 7th century AD Caliphate.

• List of Maps ; Contributors ; Part I. INTRODUCTION ; Preface ; 1 Studying the State ; Walter Scheidel ; Part II. NEAR EASTERN STATES ; 2 Egypt ; Joseph G. Manning ; 3 Fertile Crescent City-States ; Steven Garfinkle ; 4 Mesopotamian Empires ; Gojko Barjamovic ; 5 Anatolian States ; Trevor Bryce ; 6 Jewish States ; Seth Schwartz ; 7 Iranian Empires ; Josef Wiesehofer ; Part III. AEGEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS ; 8 Bronze Age Greece ; John Bennet ; 9 Greek City-States ; Mogens H. Hansen ; 10 Greek Multi-City States ; Ian Morris ; 11 The Greek Koinon ; Emily Mackil ; 12 Hellenistic Empires ; John Ma ; Part IV. CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN STATES AND THEIR EXTENSIONS ; 13 Carthage ; Walter Ameling ; 14 The Roman Empire I: The Republic ; Henrik Mouritsen ; 15 The Roman Empire II: The Monarchy ; Peter F. Bang ; Part V. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ANCIENT STATE ; 16 The Byzantine Successor State ; John Haldon ; 17 The Germanic Successor States ; Ian Wood ; 18 The First Islamic Empire ; Chase Robinson ; Index