Phoenicians And The Making Of Mediterranean Carolina Lopez-Ruiz Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History Archaeology

“An Important New Book…Offers A Powerful Call For Historians Of The Ancient Mediterranean To Consider Their Implicit Biases In Writing History And It Provides An Example How More Inclusive Histories May Be Written ”—Denise Demetriou England Classical Journal“With Light Touch Masterful Command Literature López-Ruiz Replaces Old Ideas With Subtle Accurate Account Extensive Cross-Cultural Exchange Patterns Economy Driven By Phoenician Trade Networks That ‘Re-Wired’ World Must Read ”—J G Manning Author Open Sea“[A] Substantial Contribution…To López-Ruiz’s Work Does Justice Phoenicians’ Role Shaping Culture Providing Rational Factual Argumentation Setting Record Straight ”—Hélène Sader Bryn Mawr Reviewimagine You Are Traveler Sailing Major Cities Around 750 Bc Would Notice Remarkable Similarity Dress Alphabet Consumer Goods Gods From Gibraltar Tyre This Was Not Greek World—It Propelled Technological Advancements Kind Unseen Since Neolithic Revolution Phoenicians Knit Together Diverse Societies Fostering Literate Sophisticated Urban Elite Sharing Common Cultural Economic Aesthetic Modes Following Trail Levant Atlantic Coast Iberia Carolina Offers First Comprehensive Study Transformed Eighth Seventh Centuries Greeks Etruscans Sardinians Iberians Others Adopted Levantine-Inflected Way Life As They Aspired Emulate Near Eastern Civilizations Explores These Many Inheritances Sphinxes Hieratic Statues Ivories Metalwork Volute Capitals Inscriptions Ashtart Iconography Meticulously Documented Boldly Argued Making Revises Hellenocentric Model Restores Obscurity True Early Σελίδες: 440 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0708 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm