State Correspondence in the Ancient World

From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire

• Author(s): Karen Radner,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 306
• ISBN_10: 0199354774
  ISBN_13: 9780199354771
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / General , History / Ancient / Rome , Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism , Political Science / Imperialism , Political Science / World / Middle Eastern ,

Description:... This collection's central thesis is straightforward: long-distance communication plays a key role in the cohesion and stability of early states and in turn, these states invest heavily in long-term communication strategies and networks. As reliable and fast long-distance communication facilitates the successful delegation of power from the centre to the local administrations, the creation and maintenance of the necessary infrastructure to support this is a key strategy of the central state.