The Phoenicians & the west : politics, colonies & trade
This synthesis of archaeological and historical data is a study of the Phoenicians, who established the first trading system to encompass the entire length of the Mediterranean basin, from their homeland, in what is now Lebanon, to colonies in Cyprus, Tuni
History
1 volume
9780521565981, 0521565987
222388639
Introduction; 1. Who were the Phoenicians?; 2. Phoenicia during the Iron Age; 3. The bases for the expansion in the Mediterranean; 4. Phoenician trade: exchange mechanisms and organization; 5. The great political institutions: the palace and the temple; 6. The route of Phoenician expansion into the Mediterranean; 7. The Phoenicians in the west: chronology and historiography; 8. The Phoenician colonies in the central Mediterranean; 9. The colonies of the far west: Gadir and the silver trade; 10. Concluding thoughts; Appendixes I, II, III, IV.