| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 477 pages) : maps. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 46
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 46.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-472) and index. |
| Summary |
This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Cohen's survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 323 to 28 B.C.E. |
| Contents |
Preface -- The Scholarship and the Sources -- A Geographic Overview -- I NORTHERN SYRIA -- II CHALCIDICE -- III CYRRHESTICE AND COMMAGENE -- IV PHOENICIA -- V SOUTHERN SYRIA -- VI THE RED SEA BASIN AND INDIAN OCEAN -- VII EGYPT -- VIII ALEXANDREIA NEAR EGYPT -- IX CYRENAICA -- APPENDICES -- I FOUNDERS -- II SETTLEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER IN SYRIA, PHOENICIA, AND EGYPT -- III GREEK AND MACEDONIAN TOPONYMS THAT REAPPEAR IN SYRIA AND PHOENICIA -- IV 8220;ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTUM8221; -- V REFOUNDATIONS AND NEW FOUNDATIONS -- VI FOUNDATIONS AT OR NEAR MAJOR RELIGIOUS CENTERS -- VII CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICES -- VIII ETHNICS AND TOPONYMS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF ANCIENT PLACE NAMES -- MAPS. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Syria.
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Cities and towns, Ancient. |
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History. |
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Syria. |
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Red Sea Region.
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Red Sea Region. |
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Africa, North.
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North Africa. |
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Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D.
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Africa, North -- History -- To 647.
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| Chronological Term |
To 647 |
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Red Sea Region -- History.
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Greece -- Colonies -- History.
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Greece. |
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Colonies. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cohen, Getzel M. Hellenistic settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520241487 (DLC) 2005015751 (OCoLC)60550481 |
| ISBN |
9780520931022 (electronic book) |
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0520931025 (electronic book) |
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1429413751 (electronic book) |
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9781429413756 (electronic book) |
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1601295227 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781601295224 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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1282357506 |
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9781282357501 |
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0520241487 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520241480 |
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