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Divergent worlds : what the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean can tell us about the future of international order / Amitav Acharya, Manjeet S. Pardesi.
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A study of why the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean took different paths to peace and stability and its lessons for international order today. In this book Amitav Acharya and Manjeet S. Pardesi compare the interplay of power and ideas in the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean to explain why the two regions took divergent paths to peace and stability. While the ancient Mediterranean order was shaped by the hegemony of Rome, the Indian Ocean developed an open and inclusive international order without the dominance of any single power. Moreover, the Indian Ocean provides a more robust example of the peaceful spread of ideas and culture in contrast to the ancient Mediterranean, where Hellenization, or the spread of Greek ideas, was often accompanied by violence and imperialism.