We characterize transitions between stochastically stable states and relative ergodic probabilities in the theory of the evolution of conventions. We give an application to the fall of hegemonies in the evolutionary theory of institutions and con ict and illustrate the theory with the fall of the Qing Dynasty and rise of Communism in China. JEL Classi cation Numbers: C73 (Evolutionary Games)

Numerous scholars argue that the book of Ruth, with its story concerning mixed marriages Judahites Moabite women, consciously opposes exclusivist rhetoric books Ezra–Nehemiah. However, a detailed analysis narrative especially compared to supersessive roughly contemporary Samuel–Kings, reveals main purpose Ruth was delegitimize claims tribe Ephraim domination in Israel, and against this backgrou...

Abstract The Qajar dynasty was a time of civil wars as well as the wars against Russia, meanwhile, Qajarid Shahs, understanding the power of sublime art both in internal and external political relations, tried to expand and renew the style of the mural decorations which is the issue of this article. Increasing the relations with European countries like England and France, Fath Ali Shah and ...

From the beginning of Shang Dynasty to end Qing development Chinese classical landscape gardens went through five periods: formation period Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, transition Wei, Jin, Southern Northern heyday Tang Dynasty, maturity Song, Yuan, Ming middle Dynasty. Five thousand years glorious culture makes different from Western Islamic gardens. The unique garden system style give ...

Through the analysis of human skeletal remains and mortuary practice in Yinxu, this study investigates the impact of early urbanization on the commoners during the Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1250-1046 B.C.). A total of 347 individuals examined in this study represent non-elites who were recovered from two different burial contexts (formally buried in lineage cemeteries and randomly scattered in re...

provincials who time and time again saved their ancient land from ruin and injected new vigor into a civilization grown tired and an art grown smug and empty with the passing centuries. The new dynasty established its seat of government near Memphis, a center which still clung to the serene artistic traditions of the Old Kingdom, dead and gone for over two hundred years. Although the newcomers ...