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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457760503321

Autore

Cohen Getzel M

Titolo

The Hellenistic settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Getzel M. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612357503

0-520-93102-5

1-282-35750-6

1-60129-522-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (503 p.)

Collana

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 46

Disciplina

930/.0971238

Soggetti

Cities and towns, Ancient - Syria

Cities and towns, Ancient - Red Sea Region

Cities and towns, Ancient - Africa, North

Electronic books.

Syria History 333 B.C.-634 A.D

Africa, North History To 647

Red Sea Region History

Greece Colonies History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-472) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The Scholarship and the Sources -- A Geographic Overview -- 1. Northern Syria -- 2. Chalcidice -- 3. Cyrrhestice and Commagene -- 4. Phoenicia -- 5. Southern Syria -- 6. The Red Sea Basin and Indian Ocean -- 7. Egypt -- 8. Alexandreia Near Egypt -- 9. Cyrenaica -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Place Names -- Maps

Sommario/riassunto

This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Getzel Cohen's organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE.



Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Cohen's magisterial breadth of focus enables him to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry.