The Maeander Valley : a historical geography from antiquity to Byzantium / Peter Thonemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thonemann, Peter, author.

Series:

Greek culture in the Roman world.

Greek culture in the Roman world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Ancient--Turkey--Büyük Menderes River Valley--History.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Büyük Menderes River Valley (Turkey)--Historical geography.

Büyük Menderes River Valley (Turkey).

Büyük Menderes River Valley (Turkey)--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 386 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor, from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Using an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ancient land records to hagiographic biographies, Peter Thonemann reveals the complex and fascinating interplay between the natural environment and human activities in the Maeander valley. Both a large-scale regional history and a profound meditation on the role played by geography in human history, this book is an essential contribution to the history of the Eastern Mediterranean in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine Middle Ages.

Contents:

The valley

Hydrographic heroes

The nature of Roman Apamea

The fortress at Eumenea

The pastoral economy

The nobility of Mt Cadmus

The rural economy

The bounty of the Maeander.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22164-1

1-139-12490-0

1-283-31637-4

1-139-12343-2

9786613316370

1-139-11768-8

1-139-11332-1

1-139-12834-5

0-511-97484-1

1-139-11551-0

OCLC:

769341841