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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457084503321

Titolo

Trade, traders, and the ancient city / / edited by Helen Parkins and Christopher Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-70942-0

1-280-14334-7

0-203-97903-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkinsHelen <1966->

SmithChristopher John <1965->

Disciplina

382/.093

Soggetti

Commerce - History - To 500

Trade routes - History

Cities and towns, Ancient - History

Economic history - To 500

Electronic books.

Assyria Commerce History Congresses

Rome Commerce History Congresses

Greece Commerce History Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A collection of papers from a 1995 conference with the same working title.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Time for change?; 2 The Old Assyrian merchants; 3 Traders and artisans in archaic central Italy; 4 Trade on the Black Sea in the archaic and classical periods; 5 Ceramics and positivism revisited; 6 The grain trade of Athens in the fourth century BC; 7 Land transport in Roman Italy; 8 Trade and traders in the Roman world; 9 Trade and the city in Roman Egypt; 10 Trading gods in northern Italy; 11 Ancient economies: models and muddles; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Trade, exchange and commerce touched the lives of everyone in antiquity, especially those who lived in urban areas. Trade, Traders and



the Ancient City addresses the nature of exchange and commerce and the effects it had in cities throughout the ancient world, from the Bronze Age Near East to late Roman northern Italy.Trade, Traders and the Ancient City employs the most recent archaeological, papyrological, epigraphic and literary evidence to present an innovative and timely analysis of the importance and influence of trade in the ancient world.