Gerasa and the Decapolis
During the Long Classical Millennium (fourth century BC to eighth century AD), Northwest Jordan was part of two worlds, looking west to the Mediterranean as well as east towards the Arabian desert. It was not only a collection of distinctive micro-regions but a 'virtual island', isolated by geography on all sides. Here one finds historical and archaeological data of an intensity and quality probably superior to that of any region in the Near East other than Israel.This book exploits some of that evidence to explain the character of an unusual region with a dense network of cities and an unexpected surge of settlement which reached a peak and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-3774-4
- EAN: 9781472537744
- Produktnummer: 17206191
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'688 KB
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David Kennedy is Professorial Fellow in Roman Archaeology and History, University of Western Australia. His publications include The Roman Army in Jordan, 2nd Edition, and co-author of Ancient Jordan from the Air (both 2004).
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