Divergent Worlds: What the Ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Can Tell Us about the Future of International Order

by Manjeet S. Pardesi and Amitav Acharya

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300214987
• ISBN13: 9780300214987
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 248 Pages