Using and Conquering the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Using and Conquering the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Irby, Georgia L.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

12/2022

312

Mole

Inglês

9781350250789

15 a 20 dias

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Abbreviations
Figures and Maps
Acknowledgements

1: Introduction: Using and Conquering the Watery World

Controlling and Harnessing Water
2: Water Rights
3: Water Quality and Urban Planning
4: Urban Hydraulic Engineering
5: Maritime Hydraulic Engineering

Engaging with the Watery World
6: Sailing and Navigating
7: Maritime Trade and Travel
8: Harvesting the "Barren" Sea

The Sea and "National" Identity: The political manipulation of the Watery World
9: Minoan Thalassocracy, Archaic Expansion, and Maritime Iconography
10: Hellenic and Hellenistic Thalassocracies
11: Rome: Oceanus Domitus
12: Conclusion

Appendix of Major Writers and Thinkers
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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