| Description |
vi, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Approaches to anthropological archaeology |
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: ancient network societies? -- The "space of flows" in antiquity -- Grand narratives, technological revolutions and the past : deep-time studies of metallurgy and social evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean / T. E. Levy -- Emerging state connectivity : dynamic urban and economic growth in third millennium BCE West Syrian societies / William Collins -- Trade pulsations, collapse, and reorientation in the ancient world / William R. Thompson -- The globalizing effects of hajj in the medieval and modern eras / Bethany J. Walker -- Connectivity : TransJordan during the Persian period / Paul J. Ray, Jr -- Organic globalization and socialization of civilization / Sheldon Lee Gosline -- Connectivity in the Longue Duree : hadramis from South Yemen in an Indian Ocean world / Leif Manger -- Perceptions of antiquity and the formation of modern resistance identities -- Sandra Arnold Scham -- Foreign self and familiar other : the impact of "global" connectivity on New Kingdom and Ramesside Egypt / Jenny Cashman -- Nothing new under the sun? / Manuel Castells. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Ancient.
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Economic history -- To 500.
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Commerce -- History -- To 500.
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Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
LaBianca, Øystein Sakala.
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Scham, Sandra Arnold.
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| ISBN |
190476813X |
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9781904768135 |
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