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Axial civilizations and world history

A collection of essays by social theorists, historical sociologists and area specialists in classical, biblical and Asian studies. The contributions deal with cultural transformations in major civilizational centres during the “Axial Age”, the middle centuries of the last millennium BCE, and their long-term consequences.
Print Book, English, 2005
Brill, Leiden, 2005
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VII, 573 p. ; 25 cm.
9789004139558, 9004139559
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General IntroductionPart I. Theoretical ApproachesPart II. The Ancient Near East and its Axial PeripheriesPart III. Late Antiquity and BeyondPart IV. Indian and Chinese PerspectivesPart V. Concluding ReflectionsBibliographyIndex
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