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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Contributors</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Chronology</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>3</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Walter Scheidel</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>1 From the "Great Convergence" to the "First Great Divergence": Roman and Qin-Han State Formation and Its Aftermath</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>11</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Walter Scheidel</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>2 War, State Formation, and the Evolution of Military Institutions in Ancient China and Rome</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>24</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Nathan Rosenstein</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>3 Law and Punishment in the Formation of Empire</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>52</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Karen Turner</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>4 Eunuchs, Women, and Imperial Courts</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>83</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Maria H. Dettenhofer</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>5 Commanding and Consuming the World: Empire, Tribute, and Trade in Roman and Chinese History</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>100</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Peter Fibiger Bang</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>6 Gift Circulation and Charity in the Han and Roman Empires</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>121</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Mark Edward Lewis</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>7 The Monetary Systems of the Han and Roman Empires</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>137</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Walter Scheidel</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD>Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>209</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>229</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Acknowledgments. List of maps, figures, and tables. Notes on contributors. Chronology. Maps. Introduction, Walter Scheidel. 1. From the "Great Convergence" to the "First Great Divergence:" Roman and Qin Han State Formation and its Aftermath, Walter Scheidel. 2. War, State Formation, and the Evolution of Military Institutions in Ancient China and Rome, Nathan Rosenstein. 3. Law and Punishment in the Formation of Empire, Karen Turner. 4. Eunuchs, Women, and Imperial Courts, Maria Dettenhofer. 5. Commanding and Consuming the World: Empire, Tribute, and Trade in Roman and Chine

Rome and China : comparative perspectives on ancient world empires