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Beyond the river : new perspectives on Transeuphratene / Josette Elayi and Jean Sapin ; translated by J. Edward Crowley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elayi, Josette.
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 250.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 250
- Standardized Title:
- Nouveaux regards sur la Transeuphratène. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East--History--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Study and teaching.
- Middle East--History--To 622--Sources.
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Here is a blueprint for a new interdisciplinary approach that decompartmentalizes disciplines for the study of this district of the Achaemenid Empire including Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine and Cyprus. Remarkable cultural evolutions and changes in this area need closer study: the introduction of coinage and the coin economy, the sources of tension over problems of power and identity, the emergence of city-states similar to the Greek city type, the development of mercenary armies, the opening up of the Western fringe of the Persian Empire to the Greek world. Completely new research initiatives ca
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; Chapter 2 NEW CONDITIONS FOR RESEARCH; Chapter 3 THE USE OF COMPUTERS; Chapter 4 TOWARDS ANOTHER ARCHAEOLOGY; Chapter 5 THE COMPLEMENTARITY OF GEO-ARCHAEOLOGY; Chapter 6 OF WHAT USE ARE INSCRIPTIONS?; Chapter 7 READING THE TEXTUAL SOURCES ANOTHER WAY; Chapter 8 POTTERY AND TRADE; Chapter 9 NUMISMATICS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY; Chapter 10 A SPECIFIC HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY; Chapter 11 CENTRAL AUTHORITY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of References
- Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611814069
- 9781281814067
- 1281814067
- 9780567598387
- 0567598381
- OCLC:
- 277560168
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