The Roads of Ancient Cyprus
Title | The Roads of Ancient Cyprus PDF eBook |
Author | Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen |
Publisher | Museum Tusculanum Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9788772899565 |
The earliest roads in Cyprus go back to the Bronze Age, and by the end of the Hellenistic period the road network encircled the entire island. More roads were added and older roads rebuilt during the Roman period to serve the needs of the provincial administration as well as of the individual cities. This book, the first on its subject, traces the development of the Cypriot road network over a period of a thousand years, drawing on a combination of archaeological, epigraphic and literary sources. Separate chapters deal with travellers and life on the road, transport technology and the legal and administrative context of road building. It is often assumed that the primary purpose of Roman road building was military domination, but, as this study demonstrates, road development in Cyprus is best understood in terms of communication between cities and their territories and the day-to-day exchanges between town and countryside.
Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus
Title | Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus PDF eBook |
Author | Philippa M. Steele |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107169674 |
The first book to explore the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society over 1,500 years.
A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus
Title | A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus PDF eBook |
Author | Philippa M. Steele |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2013-11-07 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1107042860 |
The first comprehensive treatment of the languages and scripts of Cyprus, from the Late Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period.
The Art of Ancient Cyprus
Title | The Art of Ancient Cyprus PDF eBook |
Author | Desmond Morris |
Publisher | |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Art, Ancient |
ISBN | 9780714822808 |
Ancient Cyprus
Title | Ancient Cyprus PDF eBook |
Author | Veronica Tatton-Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | A.G. Leventis Gallery of Cypriot Antiquities |
ISBN |
The geographical position of Cyprus at the eastern end of the Mediterranean has always played a vital role in its history. As an island poised between the major civilizations of the ancient world - Mesopotamia, Assyria and Persia to the east, Anatolia to the north, Egypt to the south and Greece and Rome to the west - Cyprus developed a unique and distinctive culture.
Engendering Aphrodite
Title | Engendering Aphrodite PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Bolger |
Publisher | American Society of Overseas Research |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This is a collection of papers which focus on issues of gender and society in ancient Cyprus from the Neolithic to Roman periods.
The Maritime Economy of Ancient Cyprus in Terms of the New Institutional Economics
Title | The Maritime Economy of Ancient Cyprus in Terms of the New Institutional Economics PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas P. Parpas |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2022-05-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1803272481 |
This study considers the maritime economy of ancient Cyprus from 1450 BC to 295 BC, combining, for the first time, three distinct disciplines, that is History, Archaeology and Economic theory. The principles of New Institutional Economics are used to trace the island’s institutions and their continuity and to reconstruct its maritime history.