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From the 'Great Convergence' to the 'First Great Divergence': Roman and Qin-Han State Formation and its Aftermath

Walter Scheidel
Stanford University

10/2007

Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics

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This paper provides a synoptic outline of convergent trends in state formation in western and eastern Eurasia from the early first millennium BCE to the mid-first millennium CE and considers the problem of subsequent divergence.

Keywords: Rome, China, State formation, Great Divergence

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Date posted: February 26, 2008 ; Last revised: February 26, 2008

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Scheidel, Walter, From the 'Great Convergence' to the 'First Great Divergence': Roman and Qin-Han State Formation and its Aftermath (10/2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1096433

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