Palmyra: A History

ISBN-13: 9780367593940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 274 str.

Michael Sommer

Opis

Palmyra: A History examines Palmyra, the city in the Syrian oasis of Tadmur, from its beginnings in the Bronze Age, through the classical period and its discovery and excavation, to the present day. It aims at reconstructing Palmyra’s past from literary accounts as well as material evidence of all kinds.

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Avenues to Palmyra

Chapter 2: Palmyra before the Palmyrenes

Chapter 3: From Akkad to Antioch: Syria, the Great Powers and the Rise of a World-System

Chapter 4: Privata sorte inter duo imperia: Palmyra between Rome and Parthia

Chapter 5: In the Wake of the Empire

Chapter 6: Palmyra’s War and Peace

Chapter 7: Claiming the Empire

Chapter 8: Palmyra: Aspects – Perspectives

Chapter 9: Palmyra after the Palmyrenes

Chapter 10: The End of Civilization: Palmyra’s Second Downfall in the Syrian Civil War

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Michael Sommer is Professor of Ancient History at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.