The Cambridge World History of Violence

Herausgeber: Fagan, Garrett G; Trundle, Matthew; Hudson, Mark; Fibiger, Linda

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive, global treatment of violence from the Palaeolithic to the end of classical antiquity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 756
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 165mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1270g
• ISBN-13: 9781107120129
• ISBN-10: 1107120128
• Artikelnr.: 57018858

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The nature of violence in the prehistoric and ancient worlds
Linda Fibiger, Garrett G. Fagan and Mark Hudson; Part I. The Origins of
Conflict and the Emergence of Warfare: Introduction; 1. Why we fight: the
origins of violence Steven LeBlanc; 2. Violence in Archaic and early modern
humans: Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe and beyond Jörg Orschiedt; 3.
Settled lives, unsettled times - Neolithic violence Rick Schulting, Martin
Smith and Linda Fibiger; 4. Violence during the later Stone Age of
Sub-Saharan Africa Alan G. Morris; 5. Weapons, warriors, and warfare in
Bronze Age Europe Barry Molloy; 6. Weapons, ritual, and warfare: violence
in Iron Age Europe Peter Wells; 7. The origins of violence and warfare in
the Japanese islands Mark Hudson, Rick Schulting and Linda Gilaizeau; Part
II. Pre-Historic and Ancient Warfare: Introduction; 8. Hunting and warfare:
ritualization of violence in Ancient Egypt John Darnell; 9. Warfare,
militarism, and political dynamics in the precolumbian Maya lowlands
Stanley Serafin; 10. Violence and warfare in the Ancient Near East Steven
Garfinkle; 11. Violence and the Roman way of warfare Jonathan P. Roth; 12.
Roman warfare in late antiquity Doug Lee; 13. Violence and warfare in early
Imperial China Wicky Tse; Part III. Intimate and Collective Violence in the
Pre-Historic and Ancient Worlds: Introduction; 14. Early massacres: mass
violence in Neolithic Europe Christian Meyer; 15. A gendered analysis of
violence from the Iron Age to the end of the Romano- British period Rebecca
Redfern; 16. Violence in ancient Egyptian society Donald Redford; 17.
Violence and the mutilated body in Achaemenid Iran Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones;
18. 'Knocking her teeth out with a stone': violence against women in
Ancient Greece Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones; 19. Gang violence in the late Roman
Republic Jeffrey Tatum; 20. Violence in early Imperial China Charles Sanft;
Part IV. Religion, Ritual and Violence in the Pre-Historic and Ancient
Worlds: Introduction; 21. Ritual violence and headhunting in Iron Age
Europe Ian Armit; 22. Ritual killing and sacrifice in the Ancient Near East
Luis Siddall; 23. Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds
Fred S. Naiden; 24. Combat sports in the ancient world Michael J. Carter;
25. Religious violence in late antiquity Peter Van Nuffelen; Part V.
Violence, Crime and the State in the Ancient World: Introduction; 26.
Violence, law, and community in classical Athens Matthew Trundle; 27. Roman
violence: state and community Garrett G. Fagan; 28. Suicide and martyrdom
among Christians and Jews Candida R. Moss; Part VI. Representations and
Constructions of Violence in the Ancient World: Introduction; 29. Kingship
and violence in classical India, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE Upinder Singh; 30.
Violence and the Bible Debra Scoggins Ballentine; 31. Representations of
violence in ancient Mesopotamia and Syria Davide Nadali; 32.
Representations of war and violence in Ancient Rome Susann Lusnia; 33.
Military violence in vedic and epic India Jarrod Whitaker.