Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and TheoriesKurt A. Raaflaub 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.
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Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories Kurt A. Raaflaub,John Wiley & Sons No preview available - 2016 |
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