Author:
Arnaud Bertrand
Defended:
2017
School:
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (CRCAO)
Abstract:
This dissertation centers on the history, archeology and historical geography of Early China. It examines the steps of establishment of the imperial commanderies founded in the vicinity of the Western Han dynasty boundaries (206 BCE– 9 AD). At the turn of the second and the first centuries BCE, the imperial strategical efforts made to stabilize of newly conquered territories passed through a complex system. Starting with the military occupation, it lead to the migration of populations from the center of the empire. Focusing on Dunhuang (Gansu Province)–the westernmost commandery established within the Empire borders–we follow at regional scale those strategies of conquest and occupation. In addition of various fieldwork performed by the author, this research is based on a different approach of the Dynastic Histories, the use of archaeological data and the exploitation of untrodden epigraphic material. By using a new methodology, we have managed to individualize its development within a territory located at the crossroads of commercial and diplomatic highways with the Central-Asian kingdoms and cultures. As a result of its cartography and chronology being put up to date, we have obtained a complete revision of the first steps of organization of the main military and civilian centers of Dunhuang.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION GÉNÉRALE
PARTIE I LES SOURCES : ENTRE TEXTES ET VESTIGES
PARTIE II FONDATION DE LA COMMANDERIE DE DUNHUANG
PARTIE III LE DISTRICT DE YUANQUAN
PARTIE IV LE DISTRICT DE MINGAN
PARTIE V LE DISTRICT DE GUANGZHI ET LE DUWEI DE YIHE
PARTIE VI LE DISTRICT DE XIAOGU
PARTIE VII LE DISTRICT DE DUNHUANG
PARTIE VIII LE DISTRICT DE LONGLE
CONCLUSION GÉNÉRALE
* For more information, see here:
https://www.academia.edu/35970509/First_steps_to_office_of_the_Western_Han_commandery_of_Dunhuang_2nd_1st_century_BCE_
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