Gerasa and the Decapolis

by David Kennedy

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715635670
• ISBN13: 9780715635674
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"