Connectivity in Antiquity

Oystein S. LaBianca, Sandra Arnold Scham

• Introduction: Ancient Network Societies? ( A ystein LaBianca and Sandra Arnold Scham )|Section One: The 'Space of Flows' in Antiquity:|1. Grand Narratives, Technological Revolutions and the Past: Deep-Time Studies of Metallurgy and Social Evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean ( Thomas E. Levy, UCSD )|2. Emerging State Connectivity: Dynamic Urban and Economic Growth in Third Millennium BCE West Syrian Societies ( William Collins, UC Berkeley )|3. Trade Pulsations, Collapse and Reorientation in the Ancient World ( William R. Thompson, Indiana University )|Section Two: Cognitive Globalization in History:|4. The Globalizing Effects of Hajj in the Medieval and Modern Eras ( Bethany J. Walker, Oklahoma State University )|5. Connectivity: Transjordan during the Persian Period ( Paul J. Ray, Jr., Andrews University )|6. The Organic Globalization and Socialization of Civilization ( Sheldon Lee Gosline, Sangri-La Press )|Section Three: Antiquity and the Power of Identity:|7. Connectivity in the Longue Duree: Hadramis from South Yemen in an Indian Ocean World ( Leif Manger, University of Bergen )|8. Perceptions of Antiquity and the Formation of Modern Resistance Identities ( Sandra Arnold Scham )|9. Foreign Self and Familiar Other: The Impact of "Global" Connectivity on New|Kingdom Egypt ( Jenny Cashman, Oxford University )|10. Comments and Conclusions ( Manuel Castells, UC Berkeley )