TY - BOOK AU - Bang,Peter F. AU - Scheidel,Walter TI - The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean SN - 9780195188318 AV - JC51 .O94 2013 U1 - 320.935 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - State, The KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Political science KW - Comparative government KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - Mediterranean Region N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Preface -- Studying the state / Walter Scheidel -- Egypt / Joseph G. Manning -- Fertile crescent city-states / Steven Garfinkle -- Mesopotamian empires / Gojko Barjamovic -- Anatolian states / Trevor Bryce -- Jewish states / Seth Schwartz -- Iranian empires / Josef Wiesehöfer -- Bronze age Greece / John Bennet -- Greek city-states / Mogens H. Hansen -- Greek multi-city states / Ian Morris -- The Greek koinon / Emily Mackil -- Hellenistic empires / John Ma -- Carthage / Walter Ameling -- The Roman Empire I: the republic / Henrik Mouritsen -- The Roman Empire ii: the monarchy / Peter F. Bang -- The Byzantine successor state / John Haldon -- The Germanic successor states / Ian Wood -- The first Islamic empire / Chase Robinson ER -