Commerce and Colonization in the Ancient Near East (Hardcover, New)

In this analysis of the first colonialisms in history, the eastern roots of the Phoenician colonial system in the first millennium BC are traced and the metropolis of Tyre is established as the final link in a long chain of colonial experiences in the ancient Near East. The author reviews some of the theories and debates about trade and the colonial phenomenon, scrutinises the colonial situations that arose in the East in a context of long-distance interregional trade, and analyses the examples where a metropolis with a mercantile tradition intervenes and acts as intermediary in different interregional exchange circuits. The book further develops the ongoing debate about the place of the economy in the ancient world and the pertinence of using features from modern economy - such as market, capital, private initiative, laws of supply and demand, and money - to explain the economies of the past.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Maria Eugenia Aubet
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-51417-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Spanish
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Promotions
LSN:	0-521-51417-7
Barcode:	9780521514170

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