The Mediterranean in Antiquity

New Perspectives from Prehistory to the Byzantine Period

AvRubina Raja

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity

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This is a cross-disciplinary study of the Mediterranean, which combines archaeology, historiography, ecology, climate, globalization, and network theories. It situates the Mediterranean both within and beyond traditional area studies, promoting broader, comparative, and cross-disciplinary approaches to antiquity. Its nine contributions, written by internationally recognized scholars within their respective study areas, challenge existing frameworks and encourage scholars to rethink how the Mediterranean is conceptualized, drawing on renewed concepts and diverse evidence. The studies guide the reader to desert environments such as the Sahara, Egypt, Palmyra, and Greece, while exploring topics including urban religion, mythology, social complexity, and iconography.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-08-31
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009532365

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Rubina Raja is Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Aarhus University and Director of the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions. She has published extensively on the Mediterranean and bordering regions with a strong focus on visual culture, self-representation and urban societies from the Hellenistic period to early Medieval times.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Revisiting the Mediterranean and Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity; 2. Emergent Social Complexity in the Later Prehistory of the Mediterranean: Insularity, Scarcity, and Environmental Process; 3. Deserts and the Mediterranean – Border and Contact Zones: Setting the Agenda; 4. Egypt: A Mediterranean History; 5. Greek Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective; 6. Roman Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective; 7. Europa and the Mediterranean; 8. Paul's Alternative Mediterranean; 9. Looking Back: The Ancient Mediterranean from Byzantine Eyes.