The Mediterranean context of early Greek history /

• Main Author: Demand, Nancy H.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: To 1500; Bronze age > Greece.; City-states > Greece > History.; Bronze Age > Greece.; Greece > Civilization > Mediterranean influences.; Greece > Relations > Mediterranean Region.; Mediterranean Region > Civilization.; Mediterranean Region > Commerce > History > To 1500.; Mediterranean Region > Relations > Greece.; History.; HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.; Bronze age.; City-states.; Civilization.; Civilization > Mediterranean influences.; Commerce.; International relations.; Edat del bronze > Grècia.; Ciutats-estat > Grècia > Història.; Cultura mediterrània.; Greece.; Mediterranean Region.; Llibres electrònics.

The Mediterranean context of Early Greek history reveals the role of the complex interaction of Mediterranean seafaring and maritime connections in the development of the ancient Greek city-states. Offers fascinating insights into the origins of urbanization in the ancient Mediterranean, including t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : the fantastic cauldron of the Mediterranean koine
• Seafaring in the mesolithic Mediterranean
• The neolithic revolution/transition
• The neolithic diaspora
• Urbanization in Mesopotamia
• The 3rd millennium
• The middle Bronze Age (2000-1550): recoveries
• Late Bronze Age maritime networks
• The late Bronze Age collapse and its aftermath
• Recovery and expansion (1050-850 BC).