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.

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. Foster - Making, preserving, and breaking the peace with the Hittite state / Richard H. Yates - Ancient India : peace within and war without / Richard Salomon - Water under the straw : peace in Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Raaflaub - Making war and making peace in early China / Robin D.S. Introduction : Searching for peace in the ancient world / Kurt A. Includes bibliographical references and index Some early societies even developed an explicit public discourse on war and peace, and embedded peace in an ideological or religious framework.

The book demonstrates that ancient societies, no less than modern ones, suffered from the losses and destructions caused by war, and yearned for peace and prosperity. Nineteen distinguished scholars discuss different aspects of this subject in relation to a large number of early civilisations, from China and India through West Asia (Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Hittites, Israel, Persian, and early Islam) to the Mediterranean (Greece, Rome and early Christianity) and the Americas (the Aztecs and the Iroquois Peace League). This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.

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