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ISBN: 9789004238602
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Ancient Roman trade was severely hampered by slow transportation and by the absence state help in enforcing contracts. Here Terpstra offers a new explanation of how traders in the Roman Empire overcame these difficulties. Previous... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004212466
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A survey of the various ways in which the extensive remains of ancient architecture were reused or destroyed in the crescent from Greece and Turkey through Syria, Palestine, North Africa to Islamic Spain. Offering a large number of varied examp... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004208018
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Herod, ruler of Judea at a pivotal time (404 BCE) in the regions history, was Romes most famous client king. In this volume, Herods coinage benefits from a comprehensive reappraisal. The coins and dies have been thoroughly examined, resulting i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004209312
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This book collects eighteen previously published papers which make contributions to the study of the inscribed laws and decrees of the city of Athens, 352/1-322/1 BC. The papers, which are based on fresh comprehensive autopsy of the stones and s... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004183858
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The theme of the book stands on the intersection of epigraphy and historical research: the Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions discovered in the vicinity of the Yahwistic sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim and their historical background. The study addresses... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004221512
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Drawing on archaeological fieldwork in Western Greece, this book offers a fresh model for interpreting the transformation of medieval settlement (600-1200 AD). Rereading Byzantine texts from a postmodern theoretical background, it introduces a ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004218505
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Over the past two hundred plus years, scholarship has admired Roman law for being the first autonomous legal science in history. This biased view has obscured the fact that, traditionally, law was closely connected to religion and remained so ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004236097
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This is a detailed report on one of the most important Natufian sites to have emerged in the past thirty years and an integrated analysis and interpretation of subsistence strategies, settlement patterns and ritual life in one of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004218581
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Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Examin... .... Learn More