Ebook: War and Peace in the Ancient World

Series Editor’s Preface
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Searching for Peace in the Ancient World
Kurt A. Raaflaub
2 Making War and Making Peace in Early China
Robin D. S. Yates
3 Ancient India: Peace Within and War Without
Richard Salomon
4 Water under the Straw: Peace in Mesopotamia
Benjamin R. Foster
5 Making, Preserving, and Breaking the Peace with the Hittite State
Richard H. Beal
6 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
7 From Achaemenid Imperial Order to Sasanian Diplomacy: War, Peace, and Reconciliation in Pre-Islamic Iran
Josef Wiesehöfer
8 War and Reconciliation in the Traditions of Ancient Israel: Historical, Literary, and Ideological Considerations
Susan Niditch
9 “They Shall Beat Their Swords into Plowshares”: A Vision of Peace Through Justice and Its Background in the Hebrew Bible
Thomas Krüger
10 “Laughing for Joy”: War and Peace Among the Greeks
Lawrence A. Tritle
11 War and Reconciliation in Greek Literature
David Konstan
12 War, Peace, and International Law in Ancient Greece
Victor Alonso
13 War and Peace, Fear and Reconciliation at Rome
Nathan Rosenstein
14 The Price of Peace in Ancient Rome
Carlin A. Barton
15 The Gates of War (and Peace): Roman Literary Perspectives
Jeri Blair DeBrohun
16 Early Christian Views on Violence, War, and Peace
Louis J. Swift
17 Fight for God – But Do So with Kindness: Reflections on War, Peace, and Communal Identity in Early Islam
Fred M. Donner
18 Peace, Reconciliation, and Alliance in Aztec Mexico
Ross Hassig
19 War and Peace in the Inca Heartland
Catherine Julien
20 The Long Peace Among Iroquois Nations
Neta C. Crawford
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