{"product_id":"universal-empire-a-comparative-approach-to-imperial-culture-and-representation-in-eurasian-history-hardback-9781107022676","title":"Universal Empire; A Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History (Hardback) 9781107022676","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUniversal Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the aspiration to universal, imperial rule across Eurasian history from antiquity to the eighteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Fibiger Bang (Edited by), Dariusz Kolodziejczyk (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107022676, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e398 pages, 53 b\/w illus.  6 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.6 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this volume has much to offer to ancient historians.' Rolf Strootman, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from ancient history, to literary and philosophical studies, to the history of art and international relations and historical sociology. The notion of universal, imperial rule is presented as an elusive and much coveted prize among monarchs in history, around which developed forms of kingship and political culture. Different facets of the phenomenon are explored under three, broadly conceived, headings: symbolism, ceremony and diplomatic relations; universal or cosmopolitan literary high-cultures; and, finally, the inclination to present universal imperial rule as an expression of cosmic order.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 'Elephant of India' - universal empire through time and across cultures Peter Fibiger Bang with Dariusz Ko?odziejczyk\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Eurasia - Antiquity till Early Modernity: 2. Propaganda and practice in Assyrian and Persian imperial culture Gojko Barjamovic\u003cbr\u003e 3. Between A?oka and Antiochos - an essay in world history on universal kingship and cosmopolitan culture in the Hellenistic ecumene Peter Fibiger Bang\u003cbr\u003e 4. The making of Oriental Rome: shaping the Trojan legend Rolf Michael Schneider\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pseudo-Aristotelian politics and theology in universal Islam Garth Fowden\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Christian imperial tradition, Greek and Latin Judith Herrin and Dimiter Angelov\u003cbr\u003e 7. Khan, Caliph, Tsar and Imperator: the multiple identities of the Ottoman Sultan Dariusz Ko?odziejczyk\u003cbr\u003e 8. How the Mughal Padshahs referenced Iran in their visual construction of universal rule Ebba Koch\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ideologies of state building in Vijayanagara and Post-Vijayanagara South India: some reflections Velcheru Narayana Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyam\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sons of Heaven: the Qing appropriation of the Chinese model of universal empire Evelyn S. Rawski\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Contrasting Universalisms - Old and New World: 11. Aztec universalism: ideology and status symbols in the service of empire-building Justyna Olko\u003cbr\u003e 12. From empire to Commonwealth(s) - orders in Europe, 1300–1800 Peter Haldén\u003cbr\u003e 13. Imperial universalism - further thoughts John A. 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