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Geography, Ancient --- Comparative civilization --- Cartography --- Historical geography

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Having spent decades teaching and researching the humanities, Wm. Theodore de Bary is well positioned to speak on its merits and reform. Believing a classical liberal education is more necessary than ever, he outlines in these essays a plan to update existing core curricula by incorporating classics from both Eastern and Western traditions, thereby bringing the philosophy and moral values of Asian civilizations to American students and vice versa. The author establishes a concrete link between teaching the classics of world civilizations and furthering global humanism. Selecting texts that sh

East and West --- Civilization, Oriental --- Comparative civilization. --- Education, Humanistic. --- Study and teaching. --- Asia --- China --- Civilization

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Publicly performed rituals and ceremonies form an essential part of medieval political practice and court culture. This applies not only to western feudal societies, but also to the linguistically and culturally highly diversified environment of Byzantium and the Mediterranean basin. The continuity of Roman traditions and cross-fertilization between various influences originating from Constantinople, Armenia, the Arab-Muslim World, and western kingdoms and naval powers provide the framework for a distinct sphere of ritual expression and ceremonial performance. This collective volume, placing Byzantium into a comparative perspective between East and West, examines transformative processes from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, succession procedures in different political contexts, phenomena of cross-cultural appropriation and exchange, and the representation of rituals in art and literature. Contributors are Maria Kantirea, Martin Hinterberger, Walter Pohl, Andrew Marsham, Björn Weiler, Eric J. Hanne, Antonia Giannouli, Jo Van Steenbergen, Stefan Burkhardt, Ioanna Rapti, Jonathan Shepard, Panagiotis Agapitos, Henry Maguire, Christine Angelidi and Margaret Mullett.

Rites and ceremonies --- Political customs and rites --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social change --- Comparative civilization. --- Civilization, Comparative --- Civilization --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Customs and rites, Political --- Political rituals --- Rituals, Political --- Manners and customs --- Political anthropology --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- History. --- Byzantine Empire --- Mediterranean Region --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Court and courtiers --- Social life and customs. --- Politics and government. --- Civilization. --- Rites and ceremonies - Byzantine Empire - History --- Political customs and rites - Byzantine Empire - History --- Power (Social sciences) - Byzantine Empire - History --- Social change - Byzantine Empire - History --- Comparative civilization --- Byzantine Empire - Court and courtiers - History --- Byzantine Empire - Social life and customs --- Byzantine Empire - Politics and government --- Byzantine Empire - Civilization --- Mediterranean Region - Civilization