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Ships of the desert and ships of the sea : Palmyra in the world trade of the first three centuries CE / Eivind Heldaas Seland.
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Seland, Eivind Heldaas
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Language
English
Published/Created
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016.
©2016
Description
viii, 112 pages: illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
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DS99.P17 S45 2016q Oversize
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Tadmur (Syria)
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Commerce
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History
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Series
Philippika ; 101.
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Philippika, Altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen = Contributions to the study of ancient world cultures ; 101
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In the Roman period the world from the Atlantic Ocean to the East China Sea was tied together by ships and caravans carrying textiles, minerals, aromatics, and other valuable commodities across vast distances. In the span of three short centuries the Syrian city of Palmyra rose from unremarkable origins to assume a key role in this exchange, a position that eventually enabled her to, albeit unsuccessfully, take on the might of Rome herself. This first book-length survey of Palmyrene trade in almost four decades asks how this was possible for the people of a city that was neither on the shortest, nor on the easiest route between east and west. The study draws on the wealth of epigraphic, literary, and archaeological data handed down from the ancient city as well as the extensive scholarly tradition. This material is juxtaposed with information about the natural and geopolitical environment, ethnographic records, and network analysis, in order to explain the remarkable success of the cosmopolitan desert nomads of Palmyra.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-106) and indexes.
Contents
List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
Preface
The caravan city
City, territory, and hinterland
Palmyra in the ancient world exchange
Organisation and practicalities
Development of Palmyrene long-distance trade
Ships of the desert and ships of the sea
Concordance of epigraphic texts
Abbreviations
Bibliography
General index
Index of sources.
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ISBN
9783447107044 (hbk.)
9783447107044
3447107049
OCLC
960292126
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