From Egypt to Mesopotamia - A Study of Predynastic Trade Routes

Informationen zum Autor Samuel Mark is pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology at Texas A&M University. He has performed extensive fieldwork at shipwreck excavation sites and has contributed to the study of Homeric ship construction. Klappentext In Near Eastern studies! it has come to be accepted by many as fact that predynastic trade routes connected Egypt and Mesopotamia. The case for such trade routes! however! has until recently largely been based upon the two regions' shared influences rather than on archaeological evidence. In From Egypt to Mesopotamia! Samuel Mark ferrets out the two possible trade routes between these two vastly different cultures. Ancient shipwreck sites and recently discovered artifacts allow Mark to delineate avenues of trade between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Taking to task previous studies that describe the Egypt-Mesopotamia trade connection as being one between two homogeneous cultures! Mark focuses on the variety of cultural differences! rather than their shared similarities! to map the infusion of these cultures. Scholars! students! and nautical archeology and Egyptology enthusiasts will appreciate this probing! fascinating trek through sea! sand! and time! unfolding the development of trade routes in the East. Zusammenfassung In Near Eastern studies! it has accepted by many as fact that predynastic trade routes connected Egypt and Mesopotamia. The author ferrets out the two possible trade routes between these two different cultures. He focuses on the variety of cultural differences! rather than their shared similarities! to map the infusion of these cultures.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Mark
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2006
• EAN: 9781585445301
• ISBN: 978-1-58544-530-1
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Studies in Nautical Archaeolog; Studies in Nautical Archaeolog
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)