Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world

Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures.Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern culturesAddresses the burgeoning interest in connectivity and globalization in ancienthistory, archaeology, anthropology, and recent work in network analysisExplores the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globeIncludes contributions from an international team of scholars with expertise on pre-modern India, China, Japan, the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and the Near EastStructured to encourage comparative thinking across case studies INDICE: List of Figures and Tables ixNotes on Contributors xiiiSeries Editor’s Preface xviiPreface xixIntroduction 1Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, and Richard J. A. Talbert1 Overland Shortcuts for the Transmission of Buddhism 12Jason Neelis2 The Power of Highway Networks during China’s Classical Era (323 BCE-316 CE): Regulations, Metaphors, Rituals, and Deities 33Michael Nylan3 Privatizing the Network: Private Contributions and Road Infrastructure in Late Imperial China (1500-1900) 66Nanny KimAppendix: Chinese Quotations and Glossary 844 Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan (1603-1868) 90Constantine N. Vaporis5 Obliterated Itineraries: Pueblo Trails, Chaco Roads, and Archaeological Knowledge 106James E. Snead6 Roads to Ruins: The Role of Sacbeob in Ancient Maya Society 128Justine M. Shaw7 The Chinchaysuyu Road and the Definition of an Inca Imperial Landscape 147Catherine Julien8 The Sahara as Highway for Trade and Knowledge 168Pekka Masonen9 From the Indus to the Mediterranean: The Administrative Organization and Logistics of the Great Roadsof the Achaemenid Empire 185Pierre Briant10 The Well-Remembered Path: Roadways and Cultural Memory in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt 202Jennifer Gates-Foster11 Roads, Integration, Connectivity, and Economic Performance in the Roman Empire222R. Bruce Hitchner12 Roads Not Featured: A Roman Failure to Communicate? 235Richard J. A. Talbert13 Road Connectivity and the Structure of Ancient Empires: A Case Study from Late Antiquity 255Michael Maas and Derek Ruths14 Jews andNews: The Interaction of Private and Official Communication-Networks in Jewish History 265Adam SilversteinIndex 276

• ISBN: 978-0-470-67425-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 312
• Fecha Publicación: 21/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés