| Travel, Geography and Culture in Ancient Greece, Egypt and the Near East Contributor(s): Roy, Jim (Editor), Adams, Colin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1785705504 ISBN-13: 9781785705502 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 913.804 |
| Series: Leicester Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (1.25 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient societies - sense of place, perceptions of space, administration, relations with foreign powers, engagement with other cultures, and representation of homelands. Also of import is the study of ancient geographical knowledge, as well as ancient travel writing (an increasingly popular genre today), its popularity and purpose. All of the papers presented here show that ancient travel was considerably more widespread than is often assumed. |