The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations

by Max Weber

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An interesting book, particularly when you take into account that it was written in 1909. For an early 20th century work the breadth of Weber's analysis is really impressive. However, the reader may need some prior familiarity with Weber's social theory before tackling this work. It isn't a history of ancient civilizations in the usual sense, but an application of sociological theory to the study of ancient societies.

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Written in 1908, The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations represents a sustained historical synthesis of a type unlike anything else in Weber's writing. Nor has any equivalent survey been written by a classical scholar since. Weber starts with a general introduction that explores the necessary concepts for relating 'economic theory' and 'ancient society'. He then proceeds to a chronologically ordered study of Mesopotamia and Egypt; Hebrew society in Israel; the classical city-states of Greece; the imperial Hellenic realms; and finally, the evolution of Roman society from the Republic to the rise and fall of the Empire.

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