{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ancient-history-isbn-9781118451366","title":"A Companion to Ancient History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond the primary focus on Greece and Rome with coverage of the various cultures within the ancient Mediterranean\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on the latest research in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an essential resource for any student of ancient history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations, Reference Works xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Glossary, Ancient Authors xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline xxx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Personal Perspectives 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosiah Ober, Peter Derow, Andrea Giardina, Neil McLynn, Kathryn Welch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Evidence 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Historiography 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Marincola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Epigraphical Cultures of the Classical Mediterranean: Greek, Latin, and Beyond 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Papyrology 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan K. Bowman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Numismatics 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. R. Meadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Archaeology and Ancient History 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen L. Dyson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Oratory 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ancient History Through Ancient Literature 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Whitmarsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Problems and Approaches 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ancient History Today 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. A. North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Political History 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Morstein-Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Economic and Social History 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeville Morley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Ethnicity and Culture 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Herring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Population and Demography 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalter Scheidel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Writing Women into History 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmy Richlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Interpreting Myth 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol Dougherty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Environmental History 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Sallares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: People and Places 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Near East 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaria Brosius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Egypt under the Pharaohs 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Ray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Jews 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGideon Bohak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Greeks 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Asia Minor 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Thonemann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Rome 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChrister Bruun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Italy beyond Rome 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn Lomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 North Africa 260\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosephine Crawley Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Iberian Peninsula in the Roman Period 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. T. Fear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The “Celts” 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConstanze Witt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Encountering the Divine 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Religion 301\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Humphries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Emergence of Christianity 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Curran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Living and Dying 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Family 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Harlow and Tim Parkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Food 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Wilkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Eros: Love and Sexuality 352\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Housing 368\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa C. Nevett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Entertainment 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Potter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Education 392\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJason König\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Medicine 403\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Death 414\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Noy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Economy 427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 The Mediterranean and the History of Antiquity 429\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. Bruce Hitchner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Ancient Economies 436\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Labor: Free and Unfree 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Fibiger Bang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 The Countryside 462\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Witcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Finance and Resources: Public, Private, and Personal 474\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Millett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Ancient Technology 486\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTracey Rihll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Politics and Power 497\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Structures 499\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Citizenship 510\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Lintott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Law 520\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth A. Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Warfare 531\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouis Rawlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Repercussions 543\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 The Impact of Antiquity 545\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosamond McKitterick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Ancient History and National Identity 555\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Erskine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Hollywood’s Ancient World 564\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLloyd Llewellyn-Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 580\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 654\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Yet, however unsatisfactory the definition of Ancient History may be (seen from the angle of an Assyriologist, an Egyptologist, or an Iranologist), the appearance of this well-edited, wide ranging and most interesting volume is a felicitous event, proving that under the reign of Wikipedia there is still need to replace the dethroned Pauly-Wissowa with general studies of the highest quality. Assyriologists, Egyptologists, and Iranologists will certainly find much useful material here for them as well.”  (\u003ci\u003eScripta Classica Israelica\u003c\/i\u003e, 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The quality of the presentation is high; maps, a timeline, and indices are provided and will be of help to new students of the discipline. (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Erskine\u003c\/b\u003e is head of Classics at University of Edinburgh. He has held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the University of Munich. His publications include \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Hellenistic World\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2003), \u003ci\u003eTroy between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eThe Hellenistic Stoa: Political Thought and Action\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). \u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprising more than 40 essays by leading international scholars, this volume moves beyond a conventional focus on Greece and Rome and provides coverage of the many cultures within the ancient Mediterranean. Examining a diverse range of material, from ancient texts and archaeology to contemporary research on gender and sexuality, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e explores the problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential resource for any student of ancient history, this authoritative overview reflects the most recent and exciting scholarship in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988601585893,"sku":"NP9781118451366","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118451366.jpg?v=1761780925","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-ancient-history-isbn-9781118451366","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}