{"product_id":"seshat-history-of-the-axial-age-9780996139564","title":"Seshat History of the Axial Age","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSeshat History of the Axial Age: Data-Driven Historical Analysis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume applies insights from Seshat: Global History Databank, a massive historical research project, to challenge conventional understanding of the Axial Age. Rather than identifying a single \"Axial Age\" in human history, this work reveals cross-cultural parallels in the co-evolution of egalitarian ideals and constraints on political authority with sociopolitical complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFirst Book-Length Publication from Seshat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the inaugural book-length publication utilizing Seshat's systematic approach to collecting information about the human past, this volume expands the Axial Age debate beyond first-millennium BCE Eurasia. Fourteen chapters survey earlier and later periods, examining developments in regions previously neglected in Axial Age discussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Findings and Methodology\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe research concludes that no identifiable Axial Age was confined to a few Eurasian hotspots in the last millennium BCE. Instead, \"axiality\" as a cluster of traits emerged repeatedly whenever societies reached specific thresholds of scale and complexity levels. This data-driven approach provides new perspectives on sociopolitical evolution across human civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eExpert Contributors and Editors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-editors Daniel Hoyer and Jenny Reddish assembled leading historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists alongside Seshat team members. Hoyer serves as Project Manager with Seshat, specializing in cross-cultural historical analysis as a historian and social scientist. Reddish, Seshat's Lead Editor and anthropologist based at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, focuses on material correlates of cultural systems from societies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Seshat: Global History Databank\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 2011, Seshat: Global History Databank brings together comprehensive knowledge about human history, collecting data on social and political organization of human societies to track civilization evolution over time. This volume represents the first entry in the Seshat Histories series, establishing a new standard for systematic historical research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: December 2019\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Seshat Histories\u003cbr\u003e\nEditors: Daniel Hoyer, Jenny Reddish\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Beresta Books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beresta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493612884242,"sku":"9780996139564","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48ad3566-6c47-40e0-bba6-d2fc988cba18.jpg?v=1730654511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seshat-history-of-the-axial-age-9780996139564","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}