Geography, Urbanisation and Settlement Patterns in the Roman Near East (Hardcover)

This title was first published in 2002: This volume focuses on the Roman provinces of Syria and Arabia, above all the lands now within Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The first articles look at questions of geography, cartography and toponymy, particularly in Strabo, Pliny and Ptolemy. The following sections are concerned with settlement patterns and urban development in the region. In the Roman and early Byzantine periods, the inland areas underwent a gradual transformation, from a semi-sedentary, lightly populated and predominantly rural region, to one of large cities and a network of prosperous, socially sophisticated villages, linked by a network of roads. That change is documented by a wealth of epigraphy from both the urban communities and their outlying settlements (the subject of several articles). By the 4th century, too, Christianity had become the dominant religion and remained such until the arrival of Islam.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	2002
Authors:	Henry Innes MacAdam
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-74056-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	1-138-74056-X
Barcode:	9781138740563

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