War and peace in the ancient world /
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Ancient world--comparative histories.
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Call Number: U29 .W3475 2007
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Searching for peace in the ancient world / Kurt A. Raaflaub
- Making war and making peace in early China / Robin D.S. Yates
- Ancient India : peace within and war without / Richard Salomon
- Water under the straw : peace in Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Foster
- Making, preserving, and breaking the peace with the Hittite state / Richard H. Beal
- Conflict and reconciliation in the ancient Middle East : the clash of Egyptian and Hittite chariots in Syria, and the world's first peace treaty between "Superpowers" / Lanny Bell
- From Achaemenid imperial order to Sasanian diplomacy : war, peace, and reconciliation in pre-Islamic Iran / Josef Wiesehöfer
- War and reconciliation in the traditions of ancient Israel : historical, literary, and ideological considerations / Susan Niditch
- "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" : a vision of peace through justice and its background in the Hebrew Bible / Thomas Krüger
- "Laughing for joy" : war and peace among the Greeks / Lawrence A. Tritle
- War and reconciliation in Greek literature / David Konstan
- War, peace, and international law in ancient Greece / Victor Alonso
- War and peace, fear and reconciliation at Rome / Nathan Rosenstein
- The price of peace in ancient Rome / Carlin A. Barton
- The gates of war (and peace) : Roman literary perspectives / Jeri DeBrohun
- Early Christian views on violence, war, and peace / Louis J. Swift
- Fight for God, but do so with kindness : reflections on war, peace, and communal identity in early Islam / Fred M. Donner
- Peace, reconciliation, and alliance in Aztec Mexico / Ross Hassig
- War and peace in the Inca heartland / Catherine Julien
- The long peace among Iroquois nations / Neta C. Crawford.