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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 477 Seiten) , Karten

ISBN: 9780520931022 , 9780520241480 , 0520241487

Series Statement: Hellenistic culture and society 46

Content: This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Getzel Cohen's organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Cohen's magisterial breadth of focus enables him to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume a

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-472) and index , 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 "ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTUM"; V REFOUNDATIONS AND NEW FOUNDATIONS; VI FOUNDATIONS AT OR NEAR MAJOR RELIGIOUS CENTERS; VII CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICES , VIII ETHNICS AND TOPONYMSABBREVIATIONS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF ANCIENT PLACE NAMES; MAPS

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520241480

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cohen, Getzel M., 1942 - 2015 The Hellenistic settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : University of California Press, 2006 ISBN 0520241487

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520241480

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Griechenland ; Kolonie ; Siedlung ; Syrien ; Rotes Meer ; Nordafrika ; Hellenismus ; Geschichte 331 v. Chr.-31 v. Chr.

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Author information: Cohen, Getzel M. 1942-2015

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Format: 1 online resource (503 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9786612357503 , 0-520-93102-5 , 1-282-35750-6 , 1-60129-522-7

Series Statement: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature 46

Content: This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Getzel Cohen's organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Cohen's magisterial breadth of focus enables him to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , The Scholarship and the Sources -- , A Geographic Overview -- , 1. Northern Syria -- , 2. Chalcidice -- , 3. Cyrrhestice and Commagene -- , 4. Phoenicia -- , 5. Southern Syria -- , 6. The Red Sea Basin and Indian Ocean -- , 7. Egypt -- , 8. Alexandreia Near Egypt -- , 9. Cyrenaica -- , Appendices -- , Abbreviations -- , Select Bibliography -- , Index of Ancient Place Names -- , Maps , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-24148-7

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520931022