Gerasa and the Decapolis
During the Long Classical Millennium (fourth century BC to eighth century AD), Northwest Jordan was part of two worlds, looking west to the Mediterranean as well as east towards the Arabian desert. It was not only a collection of distinctive micro-regions but a 'virtual island', isolated b...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
2013
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| Reviews: | Gerasa and the Decapolis. A ›Virtual Island‹ in Northwest Jordan (2009) (Zangenberg, Jürgen, 1964 -)
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Jordan -- Antiquities
B Jordan -- History B Jordan ; History B Human settlements -- Jordan B Electronic books B Gerasa (Extinct city) B Jordan ; Antiquities B Human settlements ; Jordan |
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| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Decapolis; Principal ancient and modern place-names; List of illustrations; 1. Defining the topic; 1.1. The topic; 1.2. Study area; 1.3. The problem; 1.4. Conclusion; 2. Evidence and methodologies; A. Evidence; 2.1. Scale and survival; B. Methodologies; 2.2. Archaeological interpretation and texts; 2.3. Nomads; 3. The natural and human landscape and environment; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. A 'virtual island'; 3.3. Broad patterns; 3.4. Micro-regions: diversity and difference; 3.5. Natural routes; 3.6. Ancient climate and environment; 3.7. Discussion |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a 4. Settlement4.1. Hellenistic beginnings, c. 300-50 BC; 4.2. Early Rome, c. 50 BC - AD 200; 4.3. Opening up the interior: communications and security, AD 200-350; 4.4. A 'world of villages' ... and churches, AD 350-600; 4.5. Ruling from the margins, AD 600-850; 4.6. Discussion; 5. Population and people; A. Population size; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Population numbers; 5.3. Northwest Jordan; 5.4. Discussion; B. Application; 5.5. Cemeteries; 6. A world of writing; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Writing in the Near East; 6.3. Greeks and Romans; 6.4. The scale of writing; 6.5. Visibility and use |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a 6.6. 'Safaitic' inscriptions6.7. Conclusion; 7. The structures of the Roman state; 7.1. The provinces; 7.2. Provincial governors at work; 7.3. Provincial administration; 7.4. The Roman census; 8. Everyday life; 8.1. Health, disease and poverty; 8.2. Seasonality of birth, marriage and death in the Decapolis; 8.3. Occupations; 8.4. Markets; 8.5. Miscellaneous; 9. Where to next?; A. Change; 9.1. Overview; 9.2. Explaining change; B. Data and analysis; 9.3. Survey; 9.4. Places; C. Interpretations; 9.5. Nomads and traders; 9.6. Arid-land farming; Bibliography; Index; Place-names; A; B; C; D; E; G |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; Y; Z; People; A; B; G; H; P; S; U; Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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