Blick ins Buch

Ethnic Constructs, Royal Dynasties and Historical Geography around the Black Sea Littoral

Altay Coskun (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

381 Seiten

2020
Franz Steiner Verlag
978-3-515-12941-1 (ISBN)

Lese- und Medienproben

Inhaltsverzeichnis (PDF)
Leseprobe (PDF)

Artikel merken

lt;p>Ethnicity is a social construct within an ideological framework, ancient or modern. This wisdom has penetrated most scholarly disciplines, but its reception is delayed in Black Sea studies, where essentialist views still prevail. Nationalism, Rostovtzeff's culture-history and Marxist-Leninist materialism have cast longer shadows on this part of the ancient world. Likewise, the balance between documentary sources and ancient literature needs redressing. The latter has often been either accepted in a positivist manner or rejected due to perceived inconsistencies. More rewarding is to try to understand what exactly the ancient authors knew or intended. In this light, the contributors discuss the concept of Sarmatization, the implications of rural versus urban cults, ethnic hierarchies, interaction patterns in colonial settings, inversions of barbarian stereotypes, cultural affiliations of Bosporan kings, imperial policies of Pharnakes I and II, foreign princes on the Ara Pacis Augustae, the reorganization of Pontos under Pompey and Deiotaros, the sanctuary of Leukothea in Kolchis, Christian urbanism in Scythia Minor and crop selections of Anatolian farmers. Though selective, the book covers the four coastlines of the Black Sea, ranging from the archaic to the Byzantine periods.

Altay Coşkun is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He joined the department in 2009, after gaining his PhD (1999) and Habilitation (2007) at Trier University and holding research positions at Oxford, Trier and Exeter. His interests range from Ancient Anatolia over the Greek poleis, Hellenistic kingdoms, Roman diplomacy and citizenship to the Late Roman state.

"[A] fresh and modern presentation of the Black Sea Littoral." Georgia Aristodemou The Classicial Review 71, 2021/2 20210914

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2020
Reihe/Serie	Geographica Historica
Mitarbeit	Stellvertretende Herausgeber: Joanna Porucznik, Germain Payen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	674 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte	Anacharsis • ancient Asia Minor • ancient Black Sea • ancient Christian urbanism • ancient climate change and crop selection • ancient farming • ancient Iranians • Ara Pacis Augustae (procession friezes) • Aspurgos • Augustus • barbarian stereotypes • Bosporan Kingdom • colchis • Cultural Identity • ethnic constructs • ethnic hierarchies • Ethnic identity • Ethnicity • Greek colonialism • Heinz Heinen • hellenization • Herodotos • Herodotus • Historical Geography • Histria • king Deiotaros • king Deiotarus • Kolchis • Leukothea in Kolchis • Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa • maritime goddess • Marxist-Leninist materialism • Michael Rostowzew • Mikhail Rostovtzeff • Mithradates VI Eupator • Mithridates VI Eupator • Mtsvane Kontskhi • noble barbarian • Olbia • Pantikapaion • Paphlagonia • Peace of Apameia • Persianism • Pharnaces II of the Bosporos • Pharnaces I of Pontos • Pharnakes II of the Bosporos • Pharnakes I of Pontos • Phasis • Pompeius Magnus • Pompey Magnus • Pontos • Pontos Euxeinos • pontus • queen Dynamis • Roman Empire • Roman imperialism • rural cults • Russian historiography • Sarmatians • Sarmatization • Scyles • Scythia Minor • Scythians • Skyles • Strabo's Geography • Tomis
ISBN-10	3-515-12941-3 / 3515129413
ISBN-13	978-3-515-12941-1 / 9783515129411
Zustand	Neuware