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"This text examines the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it"--Provided by publisher.
Author : William Vernon Harris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199265459
"This text examines the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jonathan R. W. Prag
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1107032423
Pathbreaking essays challenging the traditional focus on the eastern Mediterranean in the Hellenistic period and on Rome in the West.
Author : Michelle Pace
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2001
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Author : Matthew D’Auria
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1000649628
This book investigates how ideas of and discourses about Europe have been affected by images of the Mediterranean Sea and its many worlds from the nineteenth century onwards. Surprisingly, modern scholars have often neglected such an influence and, in fact, in most histories of the idea of Europe the Mediterranean is conspicuously absent. This might partly be explained by the fact that historians have often identified Europe with modernity (and the Atlantic world) and, therefore, in opposition to the classical world (centred around the Mediterranean). This book will challenge such views, showing that a plethora of thinkers, from the early nineteenth century to the present, have refused to relegate the Mediterranean to the past. Importance is given to the idea of a distinct ‘meridian thought’, a notion first set forth by Albert Camus and now reworked by French and Italian thinkers. As most chapters argue, this might represent an important tool for rethinking the Mediterranean and, in turn, it might help us challenge received notions about European identity and rethink Europe as the locus of ‘modernity’. Mediterranean Europe(s): Rethinking Europe from its Southern Shores will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in European studies and Mediterranean history.
Author : MICHELLE. PACE
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,69 MB
Release : 2001
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Publisher : GPoT
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2011
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : 6054233661
Throughout history, much has been written on why wars and crises occur and why human beings kill each other or are often so ready to do so. While some blame human nature, state structures or the anarchic order within the international system, others hold prejudices and the "othering" or dehumanizing of those different from us as being responsible. The region in which we live has particularly suffered a great deal from these violent processes. Nationalist ideologies, most of which were defined in opposition to one another, alienated "others," abstracted them from their humanity, and made them subject to various kinds of tyranny. Turks, Bulgarians, Greeks and many others had their share in this process of mutual alienation. Across the Euro-Mediterranean region throughout history immigrations have been imposed, publics extorted, crises fomented, and interventions and wars suffered through. The study in your hands sheds light on the processes of "othering" and alienation in large part responsible for this troubled history. It serves as a tool through which the past and the future can be understood. And it examines prejudice, the largest obstacle facing Turkey on its path to EU membership, while touching on various issues such as minority rights, the notion of culture, the role of symbols and other visual images in politics, the narration of culture within the capitalist order and its political outcomes, and finally the EU's Mediterranean politics.
Author : Rajan Gurukkal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199460854
This volume is a rethinking of the classical eastern Mediterranean overseas exchange relations with the Indian sub-continent. Characterizing the nature of exchanges in detail against extant sources and theories, the book maintains that the expression, 'Indo-Roman trade' is a misnomer in historiography. It argues that the chieftains and merchants in the sub-continent had neither institutional nor technological means to indulge in contemporary overseas trade, a heavily document based enterprise. It was not necessary either.
Author : Simon Holdermann
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 10,88 MB
Release : 2021
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Author : Peregrine Horden
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1118519337
A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the development of the region from Neolithic times to the present. Provides a valuable introduction to current debates on Mediterranean history and helps define the field for a new generation Covers developments in the Mediterranean world from Neolithic times to the modern era Enables fruitful dialogue among a wide range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, art, literature, and anthropology
Author : Philip A. Harland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,16 MB
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567657493
Philip A. Harland and Richard Last consider the economics of early Christian group life within its social, cultural and economic contexts, by drawing on extensive epigraphic and archaeological evidence. In exploring the informal associations, immigrant groups, and guilds that dotted the world of the early Christians, Harland and Last provide fresh perspective on the question of how Christian assemblies and Judean/Jewish gatherings gained necessary resources to pursue their social, religious, and additional aims. By considering both neglected archaeological discoveries and literary evidence, the authors analyse financial and material aspects of group life, both sources of income and various areas of expenditure. Harland and Last then turn to the use of material resources for mutual support of members in various groups, including the importance of burial and the practice of interest-free loans. Christian and Judean evidence is explored throughout this book, culminating in a discussion of texts detailing the internal financial life of Christian assemblies as seen in first and second century sources, including Paul, the Didache, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian. In shedding new light on early Christian financial organisation, this volume aids further understanding of how some Christian groups survived and developed in the Greco-Roman world.