A Short History of the Phoenicians: Revised Edition (Short Histories) by Woolmer

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Book Title
A Short History of the Phoenicians: Revised Edition (Short Histo,
Topic
Greece
Narrative Type
Greece
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ISBN
9781350153929
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1350153923
ISBN-13
9781350153929
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4050094778

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Short History of the Phoenicians : Revised Edition
Subject
Civilization, Ancient / Greece, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Asia / General
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Author
Mark Woolmer
Subject Area
History
Series
Short Histories Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2021-012886
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Extremely exciting - beautifully designed intellectually." -- Helen Castor, Fellow in History, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK
TitleLeading
A
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
939.44
Table Of Content
List of Maps and Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface Timeline Introduction 1. Historical Overview 2. Government and Society 3. Religion 4. Art and Material Culture 5. Overseas Expansion Epilogue Further Reading Notes Index
Synopsis
Offering new insights based on recent archaeological discoveries in their heartland of modern-day Lebanon, Mark Woolmer presents a fresh appraisal of this fascinating, yet elusive, Semitic people. Discussing material culture, language and alphabet, religion (including sacred prostitution of women and boys to the goddess Astarte), funerary custom and trade and expansion into the Punic west, he explores Phoenicia in all its paradoxical complexity. Viewed in antiquity as sage scribes and intrepid mariners who pushed back the boundaries of the known world, and as skilled engineers who built monumental harbour cities like Tyre and Sidon, the Phoenicians were also considered (especially by their rivals, the Romans) to be profiteers cruelly trading in human lives. The author shows them above all to have been masters of the sea: this was a civilization that circumnavigated Africa two thousand years before Vasco da Gama did it in 1498. The Phoenicians present a tantalizing face to the ancient historian. Latin sources suggest they once had an extensive literature of history, law, philosophy and religion; but all now is lost. In this revised and updated edition, Woolmer takes stock of recent historiographical developments in the field, bringing the present edition up to speed with contemporary understanding., In this revised and updated second edition, Mark Woolmer brings to bear recent historiographical developments and archaeological discoveries to provide a fresh and absorbing appraisal of the people known to history as the Phoenicians. Presenting the Phoenicians in all their paradoxical complexity, Woolmer explains how and why this fascinating, yet elusive, Semitic people could be both lauded by their contemporaries as skilled artisans and mariners par excellence whilst simultaneously being denounced as blood thirsty pirates and profiteers who cruelly traded in human lives. Through discussions of material culture, language and alphabet, governance, religion, funerary customs, trade, and expansion into the Western Mediterranean, the volume unravels several of the many mysteries surrounding the Phoenicians. Particularly close attention is given to the lives and experiences of Phoenician women, a crucial topic that has frequently been overlooked in previous-studies of Phoenicia. Also contained in this revised edition are new or expanded discussions of several important topics including the production and use of purple dye, Phoenician technologies and technological innovations, the Phoenician settlement of Ibiza. the intriguing commercial relationship between Sidon and Athens during the fourth-century BC, and the nature and extent of Hellenisation in a during the last few centuries of the First Millennium BC. This new edition thus provides the reader with a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the social, political, economic, and religious history of the Phoenicians. Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
DS81.W66 2021

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