Policies of exchange : political systems and modes of interaction in the Aegean and the Near East in the 2nd millennium B.C.E. ; proceedings of the international symposium at the U...
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"How and by which means did material commodities and knowledge circulate among the Great Powers, lesser independent states and vassal kingdoms of the Aegean, Anatolia, Syria, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Egypt? Where did the different raw materials and finished products come from, and under which conditions and by whom were they negotiated? Is it possible to determine regions of production and direct and indirect channels of distribution? Which rules were applied in the supra-regional exchange? Which possibilities and which obligations did the vasssal kingdoms of the Levant have towards the Great Powers of the Hittites, Assyrians and Egyptians? Which role did the Mycenaean palaces of the Aegean play within the "international" network of exchanges? Can we develop a model of political and economic interaction? During the symposium at Freiburg University archaeologists, philologists and historians discussed these issues on the basis of the current evaluation of the archaeological and written evidence within an interdisciplinary framework and developed perspectives on the specific forms of exchange (re)considering the interaction of political and economic forces"--
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357 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9783700176619
Across the ocean : nine essays on Indo-Mediterranean trade /
: "This volume is a collection of papers delivered at the conference "A Tale of Two Worlds: Comparative Perspectives on Indo-Mediterranean Commerce (I-XVII c.)," held at the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University, March 4th-5th, 2011"--Acknowledgment. : vi, 204 pages ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references(pages 171-194) and indexes. : 9789004289192
The Hellenistic Period : historical sources in translation /
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"Previous edition published as Greek Historical Documents : The Hellenistic Period."
First ed. published : Chico, Calif. : Published by Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, c1981. (Sources for Biblical study ; nomber 16). :
xxix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
1405101326 (hbk. : alk. paper)