Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories

Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not.

• Explores the idea that concepts of peace in antiquity occurred only in periods that experienced exceptional rates of warfare
• Utilizes case studies of civilizations in China, India, Egypt, and Greece
• Complements the 2007 volume War and Peace in the Ancient World, drawing on ideas from that work and providing a more comprehensive examination

Keywords: Ancient Greece, Greek, Ancient China, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, peace studies, international relations, Mediterranean history, pre-modern, comparative history, world history, global history, ancient history, ancient world, ancient warfare, Ancient Greece, Greek, Ancient China, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, peace studies, international relations, Mediterranean history, pre-modern, comparative history, world history, global history, ancient history, ancient world, ancient warfare, Ancient & Classical Studies