Name: In Search of the Phoenicians (Miriam s. Balmuth Lectures in Ancient History and Archaeology)
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Author: Josephine Quinn
ISBN: 9780691195964

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In Search of the Phoenicians (Miriam s. Balmuth Lectures in Ancient History and Archaeology)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Josephine Quinn

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

360

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1x15.5x2.3 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9780691195964

Synopsis "In Search of the Phoenicians (Miriam s. Balmuth Lectures in Ancient History and Archaeology) "

Who were the ancient Phoenicians-and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the "Phoenicians" never actually existed as such. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies-and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources.

Josephine Quinn

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Josephine Quinn is a professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford, and Martin Frederiksen is an associate professor and tutor in Ancient History at Worcester College, Oxford. She graduated from Oxford and the University of Berkeley, has taught in the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and has co-directed archaeological excavations of teams made up of British and Tunisians in Utica. She is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books, as well as radio and television programs. She is the author of the award-winning book In Search of the Phoenicians.

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