The Maeander Valley : a historical geography from antiquity to Byzantium / Peter Thonemann.

By:

Thonemann, Peter

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Greek culture in the roman worldPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xxiii, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:

9781107006881

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

956.201

Contents:

1. The valley -- 2. Hydrographic heroes -- 3. The nature of Roman Apamea -- 4. The fortress at Eumenea -- 5. The pastoral economy -- 6. The nobility of Mt Cadmus -- 7. The rural economy -- 8. The bounty of the Maeander.

Summary: "This 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 Middle Ages"-- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	956.201 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000009770

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-377) and index.

"This 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 Middle Ages"-- Publisher's description.