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The Ancient Shore
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Paul J. Kosmin
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English
Published/Copyright:
2024
About this book
Paul Kosmin argues that the coast—not individual shores, but the coast as such—was fundamental to ancient history. The social and natural dynamics of the coast profoundly shaped not just politics and trade but also ancient peoples’ sense of wonder and of self, earning constant philosophical, religious, scientific, and literary attention.
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In this exceptional book, which is both an erudite work of history and a very personal work by an immensely learned scholar, Kosmin has revealed an ancient shore that is real and imaginary, created by the discovery of new spaces, lands, and people. This is a refreshing and most welcome book for both historians of the Hellenistic world and anyone interested in antiquity.
-- Alain Bresson, author of The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy
-- Alain Bresson, author of The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy
A stimulating, innovative, and impressive work that will surely find an avid readership among both scholars and a wider public.
-- Sitta von Reden, author of Money in Classical Antiquity
-- Sitta von Reden, author of Money in Classical Antiquity
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
October 4, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9780674297784
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Main content:
384
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9780674297784
Keywords for this book
environmental; cultural; Red Sea; littoral zone; globalization; Alexander the Great; Hellenism; ethnography; cosmopolitanism; lighthouse; Rome; tidal theory; Fisheaters; Hades; shipwreck; rites of passage; death; conquest; diplomacy; heliocentrism
