State Correspondence In The Ancient World: From New Kingdom Egypt To The Roman Empire (Oxford Studies In Early Empires)

This collection's central thesis is straightforward: long-distance communication plays a key role in the cohesion and stability of early states and in turn, these states invest heavily in long-term communication strategies and networks. As reliable and fast long-distance communication facilitates the successful delegation of power from the centre to the local administrations, the creation and maintenance of the necessary infrastructure to support this is a key strategy of the central state.

• | Author: Karen Radner
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 19, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199354774
• | ISBN-13: 9780199354771