Highways, Byways, and
Road Systems in the
Pre-Modern World
Edited by
Susan E. Alcock, John Bode!, and Richard J. A. Talbert
lodern Societies
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A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication
Contents
List ofFigures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Series Editor's Preface
Preface
Introduction
SUJan E. Alcock, lohn Bodel, and Richard J. A. Talbert
lOverland Shortcuts tür the Transmission ofBuddhism
]aJon NeeliJ
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The Power of Highway Networks during China's Classical Era
(323 BCE-316 CE): Regulations, Metaphors, Rituals, and Deities
Michael Nylan
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Privatizing the Network: Private Contributions and Road
Infrastructure in Late Imperial China (1500-1900)
NannyKim
66
Appendix: Chinese Quotations and Glossary
84
Linking the Realm: The Gokaid6 Highway Network
in Early Modern Japan (1603-1868)
C01lJtantine N. VaporiJ
90
Obliterated Itineraries: Pueblo Trails, Chaco Roads,
and Archaeological Knowledge
]ameJ E. Snead
106
Roads to Ruins: The RoJe of Sacbeob in
Ancient Maya Society
]uJtine M. Shaw
128
The Chinchaysuyu Road and the Definition of an
Inca Imperial Landscape
Catherine ]ulien
147
The Sahara as Highway for Trade and Knowledge
Pekka MaJonen
168
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From the Indus to the Mediterranean: The Administrative
Organization and Logistics of the Great Roads of the
Achaemenid Empire
Pierre Briant
185
The Well-Remembered Path: Roadways and
Cultural Memory in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Jennifer Gates-Foster
202
Roads, Integration, Connectivity, and Economic
Performance in the Roman Empire
R. Bruce Hitchner
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Roads Not Featured: A Roman Failure to Communicate?
RichardJ. A. Talbert
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Road Connectivity and the Structure of Ancient Empires:
A Case Study from Late Antiquity
Michael Maas and Derek Ruths
255
Jews and News: The Interaction ofPrivate and Official
Communication-Networks in Jewish History
Adam Silverstein
265
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