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Richard J. A. (Hrsg.) Talbert

Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World

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The unparalleled network of roads in the empire of ancient Rome was a remarkable achievement--yet this Roman road network is just the most notable example of an important feature of many pre-modern societies worldwide. Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World presents a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern cultures. Featuring contributions from an international team of scholars, these readings delve deeply into the societal, cultural, and religious implications of various transportation networks around the globe. The latest research from the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Bodel, John (Hrsg.) / Alcock, Susan E. (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-118-24433-3
  • EAN: 9781118244333
  • Produktnummer: 13895440
  • Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 312 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 51'277 KB

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Susan E. Alcock is Director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology at Brown University. Her books include Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments and Memory (2001), Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Analysis in the Mediterranean Region (co-edited with John Cherry, 2004); and Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology: Classical Archaeology (co-edited with Robin Osborne, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). John Bodel is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and Professor of History at Brown University. His books include Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions (2001), Household and Family Religion in Antiquity: Contextual and Comparative Perspectives (co-edited with Saul Olyan, Wiley-Blackwell 2008), and Dediche sacre nel mondo Greco-Romano: Diffusione, funzioni, tipologie (co-edited with Mika Kajava, 2009). Richard J.A. Talbert is William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of History and Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he has taken the lead in establishing the Ancient World Mapping Center. His books include Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods (2008), Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies (co-edited with Kurt A. Raaflaub, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered (2010).

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