Travel, Geography and Culture in Ancient Greece, Egypt and the Near East

by Jim Roy and Andre G. Roy

This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient societies - sense of place, perceptions of space, administration, relations with foreign powers, engagement with other cultures, and representation of homelands. Also of import is the study of ancient geographical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785705504
• ISBN13: 9781785705502
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.4"