Nancy H. Demand

The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History reveals the role of the complex interaction of Mediterranean seafaring and maritime connections in the development of the ancient Greek city-states.

Offers fascinating insights into the origins of urbanization in the ancient Mediterranean, including the Greek city-state
Based on the most recent research on the ancient Mediterranean
Features a novel approach to theories of civilization change - foregoing the traditional isolationists model of development in favor of a maritime based network
Argues for cultural interactions set in motion by exchange and trade by sea

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9781405155519
• ISBN-10: 1405155515
• Artikelnr.: 33684687

Autorenporträt

Nancy H. Demand is Professor Emerita in the Department of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Her books include Thebes in the Fifth Century (1982); Urban Relocation in Archaic and Classical Greece: Flight and Consolidation (1990); Birth, Death and Motherhood in Classical Greece (1994); and A History of Ancient Greece (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Introduction: the "fantastic Cauldron" of the Mediterranean Koine xi
1 Seafaring in the Mesolithic Mediterranean 1
2 The Neolithic Revolution/Transition 13
3 The Neolithic Diaspora 35
4 Urbanization in Mesopotamia 60
5 The Third Millennium 83
6 The Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BC): Recoveries 126
7 Late Bronze Age Maritime Networks 162
8 The Late Bronze Age Collapse and its Aftermath 193
9 Recovery and Expansion (1050-850 BC) 220
Bibliography 256
Index 349