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1 online resource (343 pages) |
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Universal- und Kulturhistorische Studien |
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Universal- und kulturhistorische studien.
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Approaching Short-Term Empires in World History, a First Attempt -- 1 The Outset -- 2 Results -- References -- The European Union: A Short-Term Empire? -- 1 Material History -- 1.1 Coming into Existence -- 1.2 Structure -- 1.3 Expansion -- 1.4 Perceptions and Reactions -- 1.5 Decline and Disintegration -- 2 Reception History -- 2.1 Successes and Failures -- 2.2 Imagined Receptions -- 2.3 References, Forerunners and Historical Consciousness -- 2.4 The Holy Roman Empire as Predecessor?-Historiographies |
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2.5 Roman Empire, State of the Art and Historical Comparisons -- 3 First Assessments and Possible Developments -- 3.1 The "Lisbon Strategy" and the Lisbon Treaty-Not Enough for a New Empire Coping with Global Challenges -- 3.2 The Open Question of the Finalité Politique -- 3.3 Nation-States Acting as EU-Members in a Globalized Context -- 3.4 NATO-, EU-Eastern Enlargement and the Relationship to Russia -- 4 End and Decline of a Short-Term Empire? Conversely, What Holds EU-Europe Together! -- 4.1 The Inevitable Integration Imperative Germany -- 4.2 The Integrated Legal Community |
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4.3 The Common and Single Market -- 4.4 The Euro as Anchor -- 4.5 The Majority of Community Institutions -- 4.6 Non-contractual Regulations -- 4.7 External Crises as Stimulators -- 4.8 The "Refugee" Crisis as a Forced Solution -- 4.9 The Necessity of the Social Dimension -- 5 Pressing Tasks for the Future and Preconditions for Further Functioning -- 5.1 Credibility Through Adherence to Treaty and Strengthening of Legitimation -- 5.2 Self-responsibility and Solidarity -- 5.3 A New Elysée Treaty-More of an Integration Policy Impetus Than a Breakthrough! -- 6 Conclusion -- References |
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The Hunnic Empire of Attila -- 1 Empire and the Huns -- 2 Huns and Others -- 3 The End of Empire -- References -- The Timurid Empire -- 1 Temür's Rise to Power -- 2 The Succession to Temür -- 3 Further Developments in Timurid Legitimation -- 4 Succession Struggle and Breakdown -- 5 The Last Years of the Timurid State -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Latin Empire of Constantinople (1204-1261): Rise and Fall of a Short-Term State in the Romania -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Research and Sources -- 3 The Latin Empire and the "Roots of Evil" Conquest, Division and Expansion |
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4 The Emperor and the Elites -- 5 "The Lords of the Quarter and Half of the Empire" -- 6 The Unconnected Empire -- 7 Ideological Conformity and Continuation -- 8 The Catholic Church in a Byzantine Space -- 9 Human Resources -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Mithradates VI and the Pontic Empire -- References -- The Ghaznavids of Eastern Iran, a Postcolonial Muslim Empire -- 1 Space: Conquests and a 'Power State' -- 2 Ideology: Maḥmūd of Ghazna, the Paradigmatic Ghāzī of (Sunni) Islam -- 3 Substance: A Mixed Imperial Administration and a 'Politics of Land' |
| Summary |
The volume will focus on a comparative level on a specific group of states that are commonly labelled as "empires" and that we encounter through all historical periods. Although they are very successful at the very beginning, like most empires are, this success is very ephemeral and transient. The era of conquest is never followed by a period of consolidation. Collapse and/or reduction to much smaller dimension run as fast as the process of wide-ranging conquest and expansion. The volume singles out a series of such "short-term empires" and aims to provide a methodologically clearly structured as well as a uniform and consistent approach by developing a general set of questions that guarantee the possibility to compare and distinguish. This way it intends to examine not only already well established empires but also to illuminate forgotten ones |
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Print version record |
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World history.
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History: earliest times to present day.
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Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
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History -- Modern -- General.
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History -- Ancient -- General.
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World history
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rollinger, Robert.
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Degen, Julian
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Gehler, Michael
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| ISBN |
9783658294359 |
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3658294353 |
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