Rees, Dr Owen | THE FAR EDGES OF THE KNOWN WORLD

Historia om gränser och kulturer. Häftad utgåva från Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, 384 sidor, i gott skick.

• Utforskar liv på gränserna av antika imperier.

• Avslöjar kulturella möten mellan olika samhällen.

• Häftad utgåva med 384 sidor på engelska.

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Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781526653734

Omfång: 384
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2025-02-13

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'A journey of discovery that never fails to be engaging . . . A natural storyteller' Helen King, author of Immaculate Forms

'A blast of fresh air, presenting a perspective on cultural history that is breath-taking in its scope' Jane Draycott, author of Cleopatra's Daughter

What was it like to live on the edges of ancient empires, at the boundaries of the known world?

When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his new bleak and barbarous surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was where civilisation ceased to exist. Our fascination with the Greek and Roman world, and the abundance of writing that we have from it, means that we usually explore the ancient world from this perspective too. Was Ovid's exile really as bad as he claimed? What was it truly like to live on the edges of these empires, on the boundaries of the known world?

Thanks to archaeological excavations, we now know that the borders of the empires we consider the 'heart' of civilisation were in fact thriving, vibrant cultures - just not ones we might expect. This is where the boundaries of 'civilised' and 'barbarians' began to dissipate; where the rules didn't always apply; where normally juxtaposed cultures intermarried; and where nomadic tribes built their own cities.

Taking us along the sandy caravan routes of Morocco to the freezing winters of the northern Black Sea, from Co-Loa in the Red River valley of Vietnam to the rain-lashed forts south of Hadrian's Wall, Owen Rees explores the powerful empires and diverse peoples in Europe, Asia and Africa beyond the reaches of Greece and Rome. In doing so, he offers us a new, brilliantly rich lens with which to understand the ancient world.

The Far Edges of the Known World av Dr Owen Rees hittar du under Forntidens historia inom Historia | Arkeologi i huvudkategorin Humaniora.

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