Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean - The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia

Informationen zum Autor Denise Demetriou is Assistant Professor of History at Michigan State University. Klappentext Explores the creation of identities through cross-cultural interactions in multiethnic commercial settlements in the Archaic and Classical Mediterranean. 'The strength of the book lies in its successful integration of archaeological, literary, and epigraphic evidence, together with an impressive command of the bibliography relevant to each of the sites this is a very useful book that has the virtue of presenting clear and concise syntheses of five emporia throughout the Mediterranean and of identifying evident patterns between them, thereby advancing further our understanding of the nature of Greek settlements overseas.' sehepunkte.de Zusammenfassung The ancient Mediterranean basin was a multicultural region with a great diversity of linguistic! religious! social and ethnic groups. This study provides a new understanding of it by examining identity construction in multiethnic commercial settlements located throughout the region and explores literary! epigraphic and archaeological evidence to investigate cross-cultural interactions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Emporion; 2. Gravisca; 3. Naukratis; 4. Pistiros; 5. Peiraieus; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Denise Demetriou, Denise (Michigan State University) Demetriou, Demetriou Denise
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2012
• EAN: 9781107019447
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01944-7
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Social & cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Mediterranean countries, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology