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The Maeander Valley: A Historical Geography from Antiquity to Byzantium
Peter Thonemann
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Description for The Maeander Valley: A Historical Geography from Antiquity to Byzantium
Paperback. A groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. Num Pages: 414 pages, 110 b/w illus. 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
This book is a study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor, from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Using an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ancient land records to hagiographic biographies, Peter Thonemann reveals the complex and fascinating interplay between the natural environment and human activities in the Maeander valley. Both a large-scale regional history and a profound meditation on the role played by geography in human history, this book is an essential contribution to the history of the Eastern Mediterranean in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine ... Read more
This book is a study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor, from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Using an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ancient land records to hagiographic biographies, Peter Thonemann reveals the complex and fascinating interplay between the natural environment and human activities in the Maeander valley. Both a large-scale regional history and a profound meditation on the role played by geography in human history, this book is an essential contribution to the history of the Eastern Mediterranean in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Greek Culture in the Roman World
Condition
New
Weight
716g
Number of Pages
414
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107538139
SKU
V9781107538139
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About Peter Thonemann
Peter Thonemann teaches ancient history at Wadham College, Oxford University. He is co-author of the widely acclaimed first volume of the Penguin History of Europe, The Birth of Classical Europe: A History From Troy to Augustine (with Simon Price). The Maeander was awarded the Hellenic Foundation's 2006 Award for the best ancient/classical thesis in Hellenic Studies, and Oxford University's Conington ... Read more
Reviews for The Maeander Valley: A Historical Geography from Antiquity to Byzantium
'This is a book to celebrate. Consistently readable, conceptually sophisticated, uncompromisingly scholarly, beautifully illustrated, and elegantly produced by Cambridge University Press (which has done an outstanding job), Thonemann's Maeander sets new standards for regional studies. If anyone were in doubt about the intellectual panache of classics and ancient history in the second decade of the 21st c., here is all ... Read more