The Phoenicians : lost civilizations /
The Phoenicians is a fascinating exploration of this much-mythologized people, their history, artistic heritage and the scope of their maritime and colonizing activities in the Mediterranean. Two aspects of the book stand out from other studies of Phoenician history, the source-focused approach and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
[2021].
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| Series: | Lost civilizations (Reaktion Books (Firm))
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| Summary: | The Phoenicians is a fascinating exploration of this much-mythologized people, their history, artistic heritage and the scope of their maritime and colonizing activities in the Mediterranean. Two aspects of the book stand out from other studies of Phoenician history, the source-focused approach and the attention paid to the various ways that biases ancient and modern have contributed to widespread misconceptions about who the Phoenicians really were. The book describes and analyzes various artifacts (epigraphic, numismatic and material remains) and considers how historians have derived information about a people with little surviving literature. This analysis includes a critical look at the primary texts (classical, Near Eastern and biblical), the relationship between the Phoenician and Punic worlds, Phoenician interaction with the Greeks and others and the repurposing of Phoenician heritage in modernity. |
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| Physical Description: | 243 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789144789 1789144787 |