A companion to ancient history / edited by Andrew Erskine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erskine, Andrew.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 693 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, [2009]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Figures

Maps

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations, Reference Works

Abbreviations and Glossary, Ancient Authors

Timeline

CHAPTER ONE: Personal Perspectives

PART I: Evidence

CHAPTER TWO: Historiography

CHAPTER THREE: Epigraphical Cultures of the Classical Mediterranean

CHAPTER FOUR: Papyrology

CHAPTER FIVE: Numismatics

CHAPTER SIX: Archaeology and Ancient History

CHAPTER SEVEN: Oratory

CHAPTER EIGHT: Ancient History Through Ancient Literature

PART II: Problems and Approaches

CHAPTER NINE: Ancient History Today

CHAPTER TEN: Political History

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Economic and Social History

CHAPTER TWELVE: Ethnicity and Culture

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Population and Demography

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Writing Women into History

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Interpreting Myth

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Environmental History

PART III: People and Places

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Near East

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Egypt under the Pharaohs

CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Jews

CHAPTER TWENTY: The Greeks

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Asia Minor

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Rome

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Italy Beyond Rome

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: North Africa

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: The Iberian Peninsula in the Roman Period

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: The 8220;Celts8221;

PART IV: Encountering the Divine

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Religion

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: The Emergence of Christianity

PART V: Living and Dying

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: The Family

CHAPTER THIRTY: Food

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: Eros

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: Housing

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: Entertainment

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Education

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: Medicine

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Death

PART VI: Economy

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: The Mediterranean and the History of Antiquity

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: Ancient Economies

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Labor

CHAPTER FORTY: The Countryside

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: Finance and Resources

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: Ancient Technology

PART VII: Politics and Power

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: Structures

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: Citizenship

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: Law

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: Warfare

PART VIII: Repercussions

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN The Impact of Antiquity

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: Ancient History and National Identity

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: Hollywoods Ancient World

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [580]-653) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to ancient history.

ISBN:

9781444308389

1444308386

Publisher Number:

99953141414

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.