Gerasa and the Decapolis

Gerasa and the Decapolis

by David Kennedy
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 20/11/2013

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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 by geography on all sides. Here one finds historical and archaeological data of an intensity and quality probably superior to that of any region in the Near East other than Israel.


This book exploits some of that evidence to explain the character of an unusual region with a dense network of cities and an unexpected surge of settlement which reached a peak and extent not encountered again until the mid-twentieth century. It explores and develops some of the principal themes one may investigate for the region of Northwest Jordan, but which often apply to the Near East as a whole.

ISBN:
9781472537744
9781472537744
Category:
General & world history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
20-11-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing

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