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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782331703321

Autore

Elayi Josette

Titolo

Beyond the river [[electronic resource] ] : new perspectives on Transeuphratene / / Josette Elayi and Jean Sapin ; translated by J. Edward Crowley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998

ISBN

1-281-81406-7

9786611814069

0-567-59838-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 250

Altri autori (Persone)

SapinJean

Disciplina

933

939.4 E37ne

Soggetti

Middle East History To 622

Middle East Study and teaching

Middle East History To 622 Sources

Middle East Civilization To 622 Sources

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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