Comparing East and West: Aspects of Urban Manufacture and Retail in the Capitals of the Roman and Han Empires

Anna Razeto

Comparing East and West: Aspects of Urban Manufacture and Retail in the Capitals of the Roman and Han Empires

Anna Razeto

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Abstract

This chapter explores the archaeological and literary evidence for marketplaces and urban forms connected to the manufacturing of bricks and metalworking in the capital cities of the contemporary empires of Rome and Han China (ca. 200 BC-200 AD). The comparative analysis of the physical aspects of these urban structures and the following discussion of the impact of the political, practical, ideological and economic circumstances of the two empires on the distribution and features of the architecture and industries presented, will highlight the extent to which the urban architecture of the capitals was involved in the social and political processes that characterized the production of space in ancient cities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Making Ancient Cities : Space and Place in Early Urban Societies
Editors	Andrew T. Creekmore III, Kevin D. Fisher
Number of pages	33
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication date	2014
Pages	337-369
Chapter	10
ISBN (Print)	978-1-107-04652-8, 9781107660700
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Comparing East and West : Aspects of Urban Manufacture and Retail in the Capitals of the Roman and Han Empires. / Razeto, Anna.

Making Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early Urban Societies. ed. / Andrew T. Creekmore III; Kevin D. Fisher. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. p. 337-369.

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