Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History
Susan E. Alcock
Preface Carla M. Sinopoli and Terence N. D'Altroy Part I. Sources, Approaches, Definitions Kathleen D. Morrison: 1. The shadow empires: imperial state formation along the Chinese-Nomad frontier Thomas J. Barfield 2. Written on water: designs dynamics in Portuguese Estado de India Sanjay Subrahmanyam 3. Wari empire of Middle Horizon Peru: epistemological challenge documenting an without documentary evidence Katharina Schreiber 4. Achaemenid Persian (c. 550-c. 330 BCE): continuities, adaptations, transformations Amelie Kuhrt II. Empires a Wider World D'Altroy: 5. Aztec Empire Meso-American world system Michael E. Smith 6. On edge empire: form substance Satavahana dynasty 7. Dynamics adjustment Spanish America: ideology social integration Deagan III. Imperial Integration Subjects Sinopoli: 8. Politics, resources, blood Inka 9. Egypt Nubia Robert Morkot 10. Coercion, resistance, hierarchy: local processes strategies Vijayanagara Morrison IV. Ideologies Susan Alcock 11. hearts minds: religion Elizabeth Brumfiel 12. Inventing ancient Rome Greg Woolf 13. reconfiguration memory eastern Roman 14. Cosmos, central authority, communities early Chinese Robin Yates V. Afterlife Alcock: 15. fall Assyrian modern interpretations Mario Liverani 16. Carolingian reborn? John Moreland 17. Cuzco, another Rome? Sabine MacCormack.