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Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond

Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Rubina Raja (Editor)Series:Mediterranean Studies in AntiquityPublish date:10/16/2025Pages:252
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009532082ISBN-10:1009532081UPC:9781009532082Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SCEW58AZPZ
Palmyra is one of the most famous sites of the ancient world and played a major role in the overland trade between the Mediterranean and the East. This volume explores fascinating aspects of Palmyrene archaeology and history that underline the site's dynamic relations with the Roman world, whilst simultaneously acknowledging its extremely local nature. The chapters explore Palmyra as a site, but also Palmyrene society both at home and abroad - as travellers in the then known world and contractors and businesspeople as well as innovative political and military leaders of their time. They illuminate Palmyra's and Palmyrene society's negotiations, struggles, benefits and disadvantages from being part of the Roman Empire, situated on the fringes between the East and the West, and their use of this location to recreate themselves as a central power player - at least for a time - within a rapidly changing world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009532082ISBN-10:1009532081UPC:9781009532082Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SCEW58AZPZ
Raja, Rubina: - "RUBINA RAJA is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Director of the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for Urban Network Evolutions. She also directs several collective research projects focusing on the archaeology, history, and cultural heritage of Palmyra, including the Palmyra Portrait Project. Her books include Pearl of the Desert. A History of Palmyra (2022) and Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC - AD 250: Aphrodisias, Athens, Ephesos, Gerasa (2012)."
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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