Ebook: A Companion to Ancient Thrace
Author: Graninger Denver, Nankov Emil, Valeva Julia
- Tags: Thrace -- History -- To 1362. Thrace -- Antiquities. HISTORY / Ancient / General Antiquities. Mediterranean Region -- Thrace.
- Series: Blackwell companions to the ancient world
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
- City: Mediterranean Region--Thrace., Thrace
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world.
• Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracian history from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity
• Includes contributions from leading scholars in the archaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace
• Balances consideration of material evidence relating to Ancient Thrace with more traditional literary sources
• Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context that includes the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia, and southeast Europe/Eurasia
• Reflects the impact of new theoretical approaches to economy, ethnicity, and cross-cultural interaction and hybridity in Ancient Thrace