Peace in the Ancient World

Kurt A. Raaflaub is the David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics at Brown University, Emeritus. His numerous publications include authorship or editorship of 20 scholarly books, in addition to more than 120 articles in journals and essay collections. Raaflaub is the editor of Wiley Blackwell's Ancient World: Comparative Histories series, and is the editor of War and Peace in the Ancient World (Blackwell, 2006).

• Notes on Contributors viiSeries Editor’s Preface ixIntroduction 1Kurt A. Raaflaub1 Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World 12Kurt A. Raaflaub2 Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt 43Susanne Bickel3 Thinking about Peace in Ancient India 67Johannes Bronkhorst4 Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China 98Robin D. S. Yates5 Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace 122Kurt A. Raaflaub6 Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World 158Hans Van WeesIndex 181

"Considering how under-studied ancient peace is compared with conflict, this work is a welcome and important contribution to an increasingly topical subject; the issues addressed concern scholars not only in peace, but in international relations, state doctrines, philosophical schools and historiography, which provides the book with the benefit of a wide readership. By allowing for cultural comparisons, the book allows for a wider engagement concerning the issues that are usually omitted in political discussions of antiquity.... Raaflaub and the other scholars deserve credit for bringing this research gap to the forefront...." Bryn Mawr Classical Review Blog