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Reference Room, 1st Floor / Ref D57 .C66 2009
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Title
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 A companion to ancient history / edited by Andrew Erskine.
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
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Description
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xxxiv, 693 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm.
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world
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SUNY Oswego
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [580]-653) and index.
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Table of Contents
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Personal perspectives / Josiah Ober, [et al.] -- Part I. Evidence. Historiography / John Marincola -- Epigraphical cultures of the classical Mediterranean: Greek, Latin, and beyond / Gregory Rowe -- Papyrology / Alan K. Bowman -- Numismatics / A. R. Meadows -- Archaeology and ancient history / Stephen L. Dyson -- Oratory / Catherine Steel -- Ancient history through ancient literature / Tim Whitmarsh. Part II. Problems and approaches. Ancient history today / J. A. North -- Political history / Robert Morstein-Marx -- Economic and social history / Neville Morley -- Ethnicity and culture / Edward Herring -- Population and demography / Walter Scheidel -- Writing women into history / Amy Richlin -- Interpreting myth / Carol Dougherty -- Environmental history / Robert Sallares. Part III. People and places. The near East / Maria Brosius -- Egypt under the Pharaohs / John Ray -- The Jews / Gideon Bohak -- The Greeks / Thomas Harrison -- Asia Minor / Peter Thonemann -- Rome / Christer Brunn -- Italy beyond Rome / Kathryn Lomas -- North Africa / Josephine Crawley Quinn -- The Iberian Peninsula in the Roman period / A. T. Fear -- The "Celts" / Constanze Witt. Part IV. Encountering the devine. Religion / Mark Humphries -- The emergence of Christianity / John Curran. Part V. Living and dying. The family / Mary Harlow and Tim Parkin -- Food / John Wilkins -- Eros: love and sexuality / James Davidson -- Housing / Lisa C. Nevett -- Entertainment / David Potter -- Education / Jason Konig -- Medicine / Helen King -- Death / David Noy. Part VI. Economy. The Mediterranean and the history of antiquity / R. Bruch Hitchner -- Ancient economics / John Davies -- Labor: free and unfree / Peter Fibiger Bang -- The countryside / Robert Witcher -- Finance and resources: public, private, and personal / Paul Millett -- Ancient technology / Tracey Rihll. Part VII. Politics and power. Structures / Hans Beck -- Citizenship / Andrew Lintott -- Law / Elizabeth A. Meyer -- Warfare /
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Louis Rawlings. Part VIII. The impact of antiquity / Rosamond McKitterick -- Ancient history and national identity / Andrew Erskine -- Hollywood’s ancient world / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.
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Reference
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Subject Headings
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History, Ancient.
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Erskine, Andrew.
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ISBN
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9781405131506 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405131500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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000397064
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