Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 477 pages) : maps |
Series |
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 46 |
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 46
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Contents |
Preface -- The Scholarship and the Sources -- A Geographic Overview -- I NORTHERN SYRIA -- II CHALCIDICE -- III CYRRHESTICE AND COMMAGENE -- IV PHOENICIA -- V SOUTHERN SYRIA -- VI THE RED SEA BASIN AND INDIAN OCEAN -- VII EGYPT -- VIII ALEXANDREIA NEAR EGYPT -- IX CYRENAICA -- APPENDICES -- I FOUNDERS -- II SETTLEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER IN SYRIA, PHOENICIA, AND EGYPT -- III GREEK AND MACEDONIAN TOPONYMS THAT REAPPEAR IN SYRIA AND PHOENICIA -- IV 8220;ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTUM8221; -- V REFOUNDATIONS AND NEW FOUNDATIONS -- VI FOUNDATIONS AT OR NEAR MAJOR RELIGIOUS CENTERS -- VII CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICES -- VIII ETHNICS AND TOPONYMS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF ANCIENT PLACE NAMES -- MAPS |
Summary |
This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Cohen's survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 323 to 28 B.C.E |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-472) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Syria
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Red Sea Region
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Africa, North
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Cities and towns, Ancient
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Greek colonies
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SUBJECT |
Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131699
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Africa, North -- History -- To 647.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001639
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Red Sea Region -- History
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Greece -- Colonies -- History
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Subject |
North Africa
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Red Sea Region
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Syria
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780520931022 |
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0520931025 |
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1429413751 |
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9781429413756 |
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1601295227 |
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9781601295224 |
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1282357506 |
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9781282357501 |
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9786612357503 |
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6612357509 |
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