Maeander Valley - A Historical Geography From Antiquity to Byzantium

Informationen zum Autor Peter Thonemann teaches ancient history at Wadham College, Oxford University. He is co-author of the widely acclaimed first volume of the Penguin History of Europe, The Birth of Classical Europe: A History From Troy to Augustine (with Simon Price). The Maeander was awarded the Hellenic Foundation's 2006 Award for the best ancient/classical thesis in Hellenic Studies, and Oxford University's Conington Prize for 2009. Klappentext A groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Zusammenfassung This book is a groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine Middle Ages. It uses an astonishing breadth of sources! ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts! ancient land records to hagiographic biographies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The valley; 2. Hydrographic heroes; 3. The nature of Roman Apamea; 4. The fortress at Eumenea; 5. The pastoral economy; 6. The nobility of Mt Cadmus; 7. The rural economy; 8. The bounty of the Maeander.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Thonemann, Peter (University of Oxford) Thonemann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9781107006881
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00688-1
• No. of pages: 414
• Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Turkey, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient World, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Historical Geography, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology