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A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World
An innovative, up-to-date treatment of ancient Greek mobility and migration from 1000 BCE to 30 BCE A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World explores the mobility and migration of Greeks who left their homelands in the ten centuries between the Early Iron Age and the Hellenistic period. While most academic literature centers on the Greeks of the Aegean basin area, this unique volume provides a systematic examination of the history of the other half of the ancient Greek world. Contributions from leading scholars and historians discuss where migrants settled, their new communities, and their connections and interactions with both Aegean Greeks and non-Greeks. Divided into three parts, th...
In the Land of a Thousand Gods
A monumental history of Asia Minor from the Stone Age to the Roman Empire In this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. Blending rich narrative with in-depth analyses, In the Land of a Thousand Gods shows Asia Minor’s shifting orientation between East and West and its role as both a melting pot of nations and a bridge for cultural transmission. Marek employs ancient sources to illuminate civic institutions, urban and rural society, agriculture, trade and money, the influential Greek writers of the Second Sophistic, the notoriously bloody exhibitions of the gladiatorial arena, and more. He draws on the latest research—in fields ranging from demography and economics to architecture and religion—to describe how Asia Minor became a center of culture and wealth in the Roman Empire. A breathtaking work of scholarship, In the Land of a Thousand Gods will become the standard reference book on the subject in English.
Literature of Travel and Exploration
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Basileis und Goden
Der wissenschaftliche Zugriff auf das früharchaische Griechenland (ca. 750–650 v. Chr.) ist trotz des stetigen Zuwachses an archäologischem Material noch immer in hohem Maße durch das weitgehende Fehlen einer schriftlichen Überlieferung – beziehungsweise den schwierigen interpretatorischen Zugang zu den erhaltenen Texten – begrenzt. Daher werden selbst die grundlegenden gesellschaftlichen Strukturen früharchaischer Siedlungsgemeinschaften in der Forschung nach wie vor kontrovers diskutiert. Aus einem systematischen Vergleich mit der isländischen Freistaatzeit (ca. 930–1262 n. Chr.) formuliert das Buch ein empirisch fundiertes Modell gesellschaftlicher Organisation und Entwicklung, das es erlaubt, bestehende Annahmen zu überprüfen und neue Aspekte in die Fachdiskussion einzubringen. Trotz erheblicher methodischer Probleme im Umgang mit dem isländischen Quellenmaterial sind die Anfänge keiner anderen Gesellschaft der europäischen Vormoderne in vergleichbarer Weise dokumentiert.
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Myth and Symbol II
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Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean
Essays covering the full range of topics on the people, customs, government, religion and arts of the ancient world.
