Author: Luigi Bernabò Brea
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A noted Italian archaeologist describes Sicilian culture from Palaeolithic times to the arrival of Greek colonists in the 8th century B. C.
Sicily Before the Greeks
Author: Luigi Bernabò Brea
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A noted Italian archaeologist describes Sicilian culture from Palaeolithic times to the arrival of Greek colonists in the 8th century B. C.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A noted Italian archaeologist describes Sicilian culture from Palaeolithic times to the arrival of Greek colonists in the 8th century B. C.
The Fight for Greek Sicily
Author: Melanie Jonasch
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789253594
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks. While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonizing movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonization is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include cross-cultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence. This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organized societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789253594
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks. While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonizing movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonization is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include cross-cultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence. This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organized societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.
Sicily Before the Greeks
Author: Luigi Bernabò Brea
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A noted Italian archaeologist describes Sicilian culture from Palaeolithic times to the arrival of Greek colonists in the 8th century B. C.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A noted Italian archaeologist describes Sicilian culture from Palaeolithic times to the arrival of Greek colonists in the 8th century B. C.
The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times
Author: Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily
Author: Luca Cerchiai
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367511
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After colonizing the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor, the ancient Greeks turned toward southern Italy and Sicily, driven by the unrest that troubled their homeland in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. The new arrivals brought with them their language, as well as their cultural and religious traditions and the institution of the polis. In Italy they created an autonomous political community that eventually surpassed the cities of Greece in wealth, military power, and architectural and cultural splendor. Such forefathers of Western philosophy as Pythagoras, Parmenides, and Archimedes lived and worked within this civilization. The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily presents an overview of Greek colonization in Italy and the principal historical events that took place in this area from the Archaic period until the ascendancy of the Romans. This comprehensive survey is followed by a review of the major archaeological sites in the region.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367511
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After colonizing the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor, the ancient Greeks turned toward southern Italy and Sicily, driven by the unrest that troubled their homeland in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. The new arrivals brought with them their language, as well as their cultural and religious traditions and the institution of the polis. In Italy they created an autonomous political community that eventually surpassed the cities of Greece in wealth, military power, and architectural and cultural splendor. Such forefathers of Western philosophy as Pythagoras, Parmenides, and Archimedes lived and worked within this civilization. The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily presents an overview of Greek colonization in Italy and the principal historical events that took place in this area from the Archaic period until the ascendancy of the Romans. This comprehensive survey is followed by a review of the major archaeological sites in the region.
Greek Colonisation
Author: G.R. Tsetskhladze
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047404106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The 2-volume handbook is dedicated to one of the most significant processes in the history of ancient Greece - colonisation. Greeks set up colonies and other settlements in new environments, establishing themselves in lands stretching from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to North Africa in the south and the Black Sea in the north east. In this colonial world Greek and local structures met, influenced and enriched each other. The handbook brings together historians and archaeologists, all world experts, to present the latest ideas and evidence. The principal aim is to present and update the general picture of this phenomenon, showing its importance in the history of the whole ancient world, including the Near East. The work is dedicated to Prof. A.J. Graham. This first volume gives a lengthy introduction to the problem, including methodological and theoretical issues. The chapters cover Mycenaean expansion, Phoenician and Phocaean colonisation, Greeks in the western Mediterranean, Syria, Egypt and southern Anatolia, etc. The volume is richly illustrated.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047404106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The 2-volume handbook is dedicated to one of the most significant processes in the history of ancient Greece - colonisation. Greeks set up colonies and other settlements in new environments, establishing themselves in lands stretching from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to North Africa in the south and the Black Sea in the north east. In this colonial world Greek and local structures met, influenced and enriched each other. The handbook brings together historians and archaeologists, all world experts, to present the latest ideas and evidence. The principal aim is to present and update the general picture of this phenomenon, showing its importance in the history of the whole ancient world, including the Near East. The work is dedicated to Prof. A.J. Graham. This first volume gives a lengthy introduction to the problem, including methodological and theoretical issues. The chapters cover Mycenaean expansion, Phoenician and Phocaean colonisation, Greeks in the western Mediterranean, Syria, Egypt and southern Anatolia, etc. The volume is richly illustrated.
The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times
Author: E.. Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Sicily Before History
Author: Robert Leighton
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801485855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the most varied in appearance, and least insular in terms of cultural development. It has often been described as a meeting place of cultures, where East meets West.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801485855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the most varied in appearance, and least insular in terms of cultural development. It has often been described as a meeting place of cultures, where East meets West.
Sicily
Author: Cleveland Museum of Art
Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum Publications
ISBN: 9781606061336
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sicily: art & invention between Greece and Rome, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from April 3 to August 19, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from September 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014; and at Palazzo Ajutamicristo, Palermo, from February 14 to June 15, 2014.
Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum Publications
ISBN: 9781606061336
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sicily: art & invention between Greece and Rome, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from April 3 to August 19, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from September 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014; and at Palazzo Ajutamicristo, Palermo, from February 14 to June 15, 2014.
A History of Sicily
Author: Moses I. Finley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description